My favorite of the brothers has always been Groucho, but Chico and Harpo both get great moments as well. Each time one happens, it brings the film almost to a complete stand still, it’s only the knowledge that they can’t last forever, and that it’s bound to be followed by a comedic moment that got me through them. There were a couple of moments that I felt brought the film to a grind halt, the musical numbers. When Lassparri fires his wardrobe master, Harpo as Tomasso, and takes a voyage to New York to set himself and Rosa up on the stage there, things get wacky aboard ship, as Tomasso, Fiorello and Ricardo all sneak aboard in Driftwood’s steamer case, which leads rapidly into the but-gusting stateroom scene. Stuck, he meets up with Chico who plays Fiorello, a wannabe talent manager for tenor Ricardo (Allan Jones), who can’t seem to make any headway in the opera world because of Lassparri (Walter King) a top-rated performer who has his eye on Ricardo’s girl Rosa (Kitty Carlisle) a very talented performer in the opera.

Seeing an opportunity to get some money from her, he introduces her to a opera company director, but gets cut out of the deal. Driftwood, a schemer who’s trying to mooch off of Mrs. This time around, the boys take on high society, as Groucho portrays Otis B.

The dialogue often had me laughing aloud, and thaty coupled with the scene in the stateroom when everyone keeps piling into it, made this one totally worth it. I’ve yet to come across a modern-day film that fills me with such joy as listening to Grucho’s wordplay in any of his films. Great Movies – 100 Years of Film has brought me the next title and its recommendations in the comedy section, and I know I’m going to enjoy this bunch… It’s time to revel in the antics of the Marx Brothers!

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