Ferrante, ‘Groucho’

Dan Sullivan’s review of the play, “Groucho a Life in Revue,” by my brother, Arthur Marx, is quite accurate (“ ‘Groucho in Revue’: It Takes All Night to Hit Its Marx,” Oct. 4). I too was bothered by the high-pitched voice that Frank Ferrante used when portraying my father, Groucho, as a young man.

However, I must take exception to his comment that Groucho didn’t appear winded after doing a jitterbug routine at the age of 50. Frank Ferrante’s portrayal was completely accurate because I remember my father frequently doing a Russian dance called the kozatki around the house where he would squat down and extend one leg and then the other in time to the music and even when he was several years older, he never once showed any sign of being winded.

He had an amazing energy and kept himself in good shape by golfing, bike riding and walking.

MIRIAM MARX ALLEN, San Clemente