Pros: Very funny, fine work from the brothers Cons: Lousy production design, very staged feeling
The incomparable Marx Brothers brought their stage hit to the big screen in yet another transfer of one of their blockbuster Broadway shows to the Hollywood screen. It ended up providing Groucho not only his most famous line ever but also the song...
Pros: Some of Groucho's best lines and routines and the Brothers are young and sharp here. Cons: It's a filmed play with stagebound conventions and some dated humor
This film is the second adaptation of a Marx Brothers Broadway hit, and the last film that they did in New York before coming to Hollywood in 1931. It's less stage-bound than their first movie THE COCONUTS, primarily because they jettison most of the...
Pros: Chico and Harpo play bridge, Zeppo takes a letter, "Hooray For Captain Spaulding," etc. etc. Cons: the direction is almost as stiff as The Cocoanuts
This is the first Marx Brothers film I ever saw. Airing on late-night public television one Christmas Eve during the 1980's, it took a while for me to get into. I was only about ten or twelve at the time, and hadn't seen many old-time comedies outside...
This brilliant film gave us Groucho as the noted explorer, Captain Spaulding. It also
gave Groucho the tune that would become his theme through his later years. He would
even use it on his game show, You Bet Your...
Victor Heerman directed the second Marx-movie Animal Crackers (USA 1930) based on George S. Kaufmans and Morrie Ryskinds successful Broadway-play.The brother's are placing a full anarchistic and satirist performance.They manage to destroy society's...
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