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                     UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 4

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_]  Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
     obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

                               MARCUS, STEPHEN H.
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)

                           c/o THE MARCUS CORPORATION
                           250 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE
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                                    (Street)

                               MILWAUKEE, WI 53202
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)

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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

                       THE MARCUS CORPORATION (NYSE: MCS)

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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)


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4.   Statement for Month/Day/Year

                                December 26, 2002

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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)


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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [X]  Director                             [X]  10% Owner
     [X]  Officer (give title below)           [_]  Other (specify below)

          President, Chairman of the Board and CEO
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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

     [X]  Form filed by one Reporting Person
     [_]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                                 5.             6.
                                          2A.                    4.                              Amount of      Owner-
                                          Deemed                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Securities     ship
                             2.           Execution 3.           Disposed of (D)                 Beneficially   Form:     7.
                             Transaction  Date, if  Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Owned Follow-  Direct    Nature of
                             Date         any       Code         ------------------------------- ing Reported   (D) or    Indirect
1.                           (Month/      (Month/   (Instr. 8)                   (A)             Transaction(s) Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security            Day/         Day/      ------------     Amount      or    Price     (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                   Year)        Year)      Code     V                  (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock                                                                                      21,895        D
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Common Stock                                                                                     3,806.12       I       By 401(k)
                                                                                                                          Plan
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                                                                                                                        Trustee for
                                                                                                                         Ida Lowe
Common Stock                                                                                      6,003         I       Family Trust
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Common Stock                 12/26/02                S                400        D     $15.28    See below      I           (2)
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Common Stock                 12/26/02                S                200        D     $15.26    See below      I           (2)
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Common Stock                 12/26/02                S                900        D     $15.24    See below      I           (2)
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Common Stock                 12/26/02                S               1,000       D     $15.23    See below      I           (2)
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Common Stock                 12/26/02                S                500        D     $15.20     26,000        I           (2)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).


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FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)


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                                                                                                                     10.
                                                                                                           9.        Owner-
                                                                                                           Number    ship
                                                                                                           of Deriv- Form
              2.                                                                                           ative     of
              Conver-                           5.                              7.                         Secur-    Deriv-  11.
              sion                              Number of                       Title and Amount           ities     ative   Nature
              or              3A.               Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.       Benefi-   Secur-  of
              Exer-           Deemed   4.       Securities    Date              Securities        Price    cially    ity:    In-
              cise    3.      Execu-   Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of       Owned     Direct  direct
              Price   Trans-  tion     action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-   Following (D) or  Bene-
1.            of      action  Date,    Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)           Amount   ative    Reported  In-     ficial
Title of      Deriv-  Date    if any   (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------           or       Secur-   Trans-    direct  Owner-
Derivative    ative   (Month/ (Month/  8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-           Number   ity      action(s) (I)     ship
Security      Secur-  Day/    Day/     ------   ------------  Exer-    tion              of       (Instr   (Instr    (Instr  (Instr
(Instr. 3)    ity     Year)   Year)    Code V    (A)   (D)    cisable  Date      Title   Shares   5)       4)        4)      4)
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Class B
Common Stock  1 for 1                                          Immed             *                       2,547,458   D
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Class B                                                                                                                      Joint
Common Stock  1 for 1                                          Immed             *                         208,315   I     with wife
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Class B
Common Stock  1 for 1                                          Immed             *                          77,560   I     By wife
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                                                                                                                           By wife
Class B                                                                                                                      as
Common Stock  1 for 1                                          Immed             *                         652,179   I     trustee
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Class B
Common Stock  1 for 1                                          Immed             *                         210,078   I    As trustee
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                                                                                                                           By wife
                                                                                                                           and self
Class B                                                                                                                      as
Common Stock  1 for 1                                          Immed             *                         107,621   I     trustees
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Class B
Common Stock  1 for 1                                          Immed             *                       1,328,141   I       (2)
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Class B
Common Stock  1 for 1                                          Immed             *                       1,527,915   I       (3)
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Explanation of Responses:
*    Common Stock
(1)  Balance reflects the most current data available with regard to the reporting person's holdings in the 401(k) plan.
(2)  As co-trustee with sister of the shares held by the Ben and Celia Marcus 1992 Revocable Trust.
(3)  As co-trustee with sister of the shares held by the Ben Marcus Life Trust.

                                                                                  STEPHEN H. MARCUS
**     Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
       Criminal Violations.                                                       /s/ Ralph J. Gundrum                     12/27/02
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       See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).                                  ** Signature of Reporting Person           Date
                                                                                  By Ralph J. Gundrum, attorney-in-fact
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