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Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" is a 1939 song written by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen. [1] It first appeared in the Marx Brothers film At the Circus (1939) and became one of Groucho Marx's signature tunes. It subsequently appeared in the movie The Philadelphia Story (1940), sung by Virginia Weidler as Dinah Lord.
At the Circus is a 1939 comedy film starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo and Chico) released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in which they help save a circus from bankruptcy. The film contains Groucho Marx's classic rendition of "Lydia the Tattooed Lady". The supporting cast includes Florence Rice, Kenny Baker, Margaret Dumont, and Eve Arden.
Henry and Bobbie Shaffner, veteran members of ASCAP, wrote the lyrics and set them to the tune of the old Groucho Marx song, “Lydia, the Tattooed Lady”. Wallowitch and the Shaffners were inspired to write it after Clinton’s six-hour-long visit to Wallowitch's New York studio, where he performed for the former first lady.
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In the 1939 Marx Brothers' film At the Circus, J. Cheever Loophole (also played by Groucho Marx) sings a rendition of "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" and one line references Lydia having a tattoo of Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon.
Captain Spaulding is mentioned in the song "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" written by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg. Groucho performs the song in the Marx Bros. film, At the Circus (1939); Virginia Weidler also sings it in The Philadelphia Story (1940). "Hello, I Must Be Going" became a theme in Oliver Stone's miniseries Wild Palms.
Groucho and Me (B. Geis Associates, 1959) Memoirs of a Mangy Lover (B. Geis Associates, 1963) The Groucho Letters: Letters From and To Groucho Marx (Simon & Schuster, 1967, ISBN 0-306-80607-X) The Marx Bros, Scrapbook with Richard Anobile (Darien House/W W Norton, 1973, ISBN 0-393-08371-3) The Secret Word Is Groucho with Hector Arce (Putnam, 1976)
An Evening With Groucho is the title of a 1972 compilation recording of the one-man show by American comedian Groucho Marx, edited from three separate performances: New York City's Carnegie Hall, C.Y. Stephens Auditorium at Iowa State University, and Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, California.