Three Great Laff Stars ! . . . more gags and gals . . . more songs and dances !
Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's sanitarium by winning a big race with a finicky horse owned by Judy's boyfriend Gil. There are a few problems. Hackenbush, who was recently put in charge of the sanitarium, isn't really a doctor, he's a veterinarian.
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Comic, warm, classical in form and resolved.
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
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- talisencrwon TMDB · Jul 201610/10
One of the greatest comedies of all time, period--and the finest comedic group at their peak, though I slightly prefer Duck Soup. Still, you won't find any better than this. Their hilarity and zaniness of the core trio is spellbinding, and their consistent comedic inventiveness is remarkable. The pacing, utilizing the occasional charming musical passages of both Chico and Harpo, are to provide a necessary counterpoint to the set-pieces, otherwise it would be too much for a cinephile to take in at one sitting.
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Cast
- Groucho MarxDr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush
- Chico MarxTony
- Harpo MarxStuffy
- Allan JonesGil Stewart
- Maureen O'SullivanJudy Standish
- Margaret DumontEmily Upjohn
- Sig RumanDr. Leopold X. Steinberg
- Leonard CeeleyWhitmore
- Douglass DumbrilleMorgan
- Esther Muir'Flo' Marlowe
Crew
- Sam WoodDirector
- George SeatonScreenplay
- George OppenheimerScreenplay
- Robert PiroshScreenplay
- Joseph RuttenbergDirector of Photography
- Leonard SmithDirector of Photography
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
- Frank E. HullEditor
- Sam WoodProducer
- Irving ThalbergProducer
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