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The Marx Brothers' real life father (Sam "Frenchie" Marx) is briefly seen in a cameo appearance, sitting on top of luggage behind the Brothers on the pier as they wave to the First Mate upon alighting. Sam Marx was 72 at the time, and the appearance was his film debut.
The Marx Brothers do Marx Brothers things in Monkey Business and it's hysterical watching them in action. Watching each one try to pass himself off as Maurice Chevalier is a comic...
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- Groucho Marx
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Nov 16, 2023 · The Marx Brothers do Marx Brothers things in Monkey Business and it’s hysterical watching them in action. Would you expect anything less from them?!? DIRECTOR: Norman Z. McLeod. SCREENWRITER: Arthur Sheekman. CAST: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, with Thelma Todd, Rockliffe Fellowes, Ruth Hall, Tom Kennedy, and Harry Woods.
- Monkey Business: Cruising For Craziness
- Back Down to The Business of Monkeys
- We Need to Talk About Zeppo
- All A Broad
- Proof That It’S Pre-Code
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Let’s start off with an important note for whenever I talk about the Marx Brothers movies on this site. On Monkey Business, you will notice this at the beginning of the movie: “But Danny!” you’ll say, presuming you actually know my name. “I have literally no idea what this means or why you’re bringing it up.” This is the seal of approval by the Mot...
Now let’s make it clear: I don’t think the footage removed from Monkey Business added back in would immediately make it a good movie; it’s only a few lines, and it doesn’t make up for the fact that the movie’s structure is so top heavy it’s a wonder that the ship featured at the beginning doesn’t completely topple over. Here’s the setup: the four M...
The most noticeable feature in Monkey Business may be that this is the rare time that Zeppo has been drafted to have his own character arc. Often derided as the spare (and he would be excised by the time the troupe joined with MGM in 1935), I’ve always found a strange innate enjoyment in Zeppo. Zeppo’s appeal isn’t that he’s the straight man– in fa...
Okay, okay. So I’m not the biggest fan of the movie. What does work? The brothers have excellent chemistry, and the romantic leads here are both fun, even if there’s no one like Margaret Dumont to lampoon. Groucho’s bits with Thelma Todd are delightful, and her special kind of manic energy seems to mesh well with his. My favorite scene is as the fo...
As mentioned above, the film only survives in edited versions, so anything I inevitably put here actually survived the censorship of the Production Code. That being said, Groucho does get across so...
The niftiest thing I found out about this movie via The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia is that this may be the only film that the brothers made where you can hear Harpo’s voice. The opening a cappella...
Oddly, this is the only Pre-Code Marx Brothers film not listed in the Wikipedia list of Pre-Code films.
Dec 12, 2019 · The third Marx Brothers film, after Animal Crackers and The Cocoanuts, Monkey Business is the first Marx Brothers to feature an original screenplay not previously performed by the troupe in their vaudeville act. The plot is simple. The Brothers play four stowaways aboard a cruise liner.
Monkey Business is famous for the Marx Brothers affectionate salute to Paramount's biggest star at the time, Maurice Chevalier. They all get a crack at imitating Chevalier singing a few bars of You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me from The Big Pond.
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The Marx Brothers do Marx Brothers things in Monkey Business and it's hysterical watching them in action. Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 16, 2023. Watching each one try...
