Editing Harpo Marx (section)

=== Tour in the Soviet Union ===
[[File:Harpo and Chico Marx General Electric Theater 1959.JPG|thumb|right|Harpo and Chico Marx in ''The Incredible Jewelry Robbery'' (1959)]]
[[File:Harpo Marx Silent Panic DuPont Show 1960.JPG|thumb|right|Marx as the "mechanical man" in ''A Silent Panic'' (1960)]]
In 1933, following U.S. [[diplomatic recognition]] of the [[Soviet Union]], Harpo spent six weeks in [[Moscow]] as a performer and goodwill ambassador.<ref name="speaks" /> His tour was a huge success, and the show ran for six weeks.<ref name="speaks" /> Harpo's name was transliterated into [[Russian language|Russian]], using the [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic alphabet]], as "ХАРПО МАРКС," which is how he was billed during his Soviet Union appearances.<ref name="speaks" /> Harpo, having no knowledge of Russian, pronounced it as "Exapno Mapcase".<ref name="CroquetWorld">{{cite web |last1=Grandey |first1=Bill |title=The brightest croquet stars of 20th century America |url=http://www.croquetworld.com/News/stars.asp |website=Croquet World Magazine |access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> At that time, Harpo and the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union)|Soviet Foreign Minister]] [[Maxim Litvinov]] became friends.<ref>{{cite podcast |url=https://beta.prx.org/stories/259528|title=Harpo and Susan Marx - An American Love Story|website=PRX.org|publisher=PRX|host=Love In America|date=12 November 2018|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>

During this time he served as a secret courier,<ref name="USDOS">{{cite web |last1=Bureau of Diplomatic Security |title=None Swifter Than These: 100 Years of the Diplomatic Courier Service |url=https://www.state.gov/none-swifter-than-these-100-years-of-the-diplomatic-courier-service/dcs |website=US Department of State |access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> delivering [[Message|communiques]] to and from the [[Embassy of the United States, Moscow|US embassy in Moscow]] at the request of Ambassador [[William Christian Bullitt Jr.]],<ref name="HarpoSpyModernRogue">{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Karen |title=5 Badass Celebrities Who Were Also Secretly Spies |url=https://www.themodernrogue.com/articles/2020/3/2/5-badass-celebrities-who-were-also-secretly-spies |access-date=31 December 2020 |work=The Modern Rogue |date=2 March 2020}}</ref> smuggling the messages in and out of the Soviet Union by taping a sealed envelope to his leg beneath his trousers.<ref name="FromkinBook">{{cite book |last1=Fromkin |first1=David |title=In The Time Of The Americans |date=15 May 1996 |publisher=Knopf |location=New York, NY |isbn=0394589017 }}</ref><ref name="Timespy">{{cite news |last1=Harlow |first1=John |title=Harpo Marx smuggled Stalin's secrets in his socks |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/harpo-marx-smuggled-stalins-secrets-in-his-socks-tp9hsrvtlsz |access-date=31 December 2020 |work=The Times |agency=Times Newspapers, Ltd. |date=22 December 2002}}</ref> Marx recounted his relief at his voyage's end: "I pulled up my pants, ripped off the tape, unwound the straps, handed over the dispatches from Ambassador Bullitt, and gave my leg its first scratch in ten days."<ref>Marx 1961, p. 336.</ref>