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Posts Tagged "Harpo Marx"

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A Night in Casablanca ***½ (1946, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Sig Ruman, Lisette Verea, Charles Drake, Lois Collier, Dan Seymour) – Classic Movie Review 3064

Director Archie Mayo’s entirely enjoyable enough 1946 comedy finds the Marx Brothers still happily crazy and subversive in their later years. It introduced the song ‘Who’s Sorry Now?’, which became a bigger hit than the […]

Nov, 14

At the Circus *** (1939, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kenny Baker, Margaret Dumont, Eve Arden, Florence Rice) – Classic Movie Review 3063

Director Edward Buzzell’s fairly enjoyable 1939 comedy was a turning point for the Marx Brothers, who, ten years after their first feature in 1929 (The Cocoanuts), seem to be starting to coast with this film. At the […]

Nov, 14

The Cocoanuts **** (1929, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Oscar Shaw, Mary Eaton, Kay Francis) – Classic Movie Review 3062

The Marx Brothers’ first sound film was made when they were four Marxes, with Groucho, Chico and Harpo joined along with Zeppo. An all-talking, all-singing musical comedy hit, it is filmed at the dawn of […]

Nov, 14

A Night at the Opera ***** (1935, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman, Allan Jones, Kitty Carlisle) – Classic Movie Review 3061

Otis B Driftwood: ‘It’s all right, that’s in every contract. That’s what they call a sanity clause.’ Fiorello: ‘You can’t fool me! There ain’t no Santay Claus!’ Director Sam Wood’s hilarious 1935 Marx Brothers comedy […]

Nov, 14

Horse Feathers ***** (1932, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, Thelma Todd) – Classic Movie Review 3060

Director Norman Z McLeod’s classic 1932 comedy Horse Feathers is the Marx Brothers’ fourth movie and it is brilliant fast-paced, hilarious vintage fun, with the four siblings wreaking their usual havoc in a college setting. […]

Nov, 14

The Big Store *** (1941, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Tony Martin, Margaret Dumont, Virginia Grey, Douglass Dumbrille) – Classic Movie Review 2402

This Marx Brothers’ fifth and last film for MGM may possibly also be the least, but there are plenty of pleasures stocked up in this crazy comedy based on a story by Sgt Bilko’s creator, […]

Apr, 17

Monkey Business ***** (1931, Marx Brothers, Thelma Todd, Ruth Hall) – Classic Movie Review 2156

Director Norman Z McLeod’s expert and delirious 1931 comedy stars the riotous four Marx Brothers, who are on or near their best form in their hectic and often hilarious third film. It comes close to […]

Feb, 04

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