
The scene with Barty was cut before the film was released. In "Harpo speaks" one of the pictures is captioned, "Innocent Bystander watches Edgar Kennedy and small friend exchange slow burns, in 'Monkey Business'." The "small friend" is Billy Barty. That being the case, it was inevitable that at some point we would focus on At the Circus, no matter how many people begged us not to. er I'll have to enclose the cheque first. About every fourth episode, we devote an entire conversation to a deep-dive exploration of a specific Marx Brothers movie. Yours very truly.' Send that off immediately.īOB:I'll. 'Dear Dentist: Enclosed find cheque for five hundred dollars. Films with the four Marx Brothers: Humor Risk (1921), previewed once and never released thought to be lost The Cocoanuts (1929), released by Paramount Pictures based on a 1925 Marx Brothers Broadway musical Animal Crackers (1930), released by Paramount based on a 1928 Marx Brothers Broadway.
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If you'd like to read transcriptions of dialog from the film, try these links: His Excellency Is Due! (a reception is given in honor of Firefly), Secretary Of War (Firefly offers Chicolini a job in his cabinet), and The Trial (No, not the Kafka one with Tony Perkins.in this trial, Chicolini is charged with high treason).įIREFLY: To my dentist. They would return to film making two years later at MGM - billed no longer as "The Four Marx Brothers," but simply as "The Marx Brothers." Although this film is now a classic, considered by many to be the Marx Brothers' best, it was a flop at the box office, and caused Paramount to drop the Marx Brothers.
