By GroovyMovieGuy on March 24, 2009
Hackenbush! Hackenbush!
Calling Dr. Hackenbush, aka Groucho Marx, and his brothers Chico and Harpo who led the wild hijinks in this comedy classic set in both a sanatorium and at a horse racing track. Highlights include Groucho entertaining a young lady at a table with a centerpiece so big he has to stand on his chair [...]
Posted in Classic, Comedy, Index, Musical, Screwball | Tagged Chico, Classic, Comedy, Groucho, Harpo, Marx brothers |
By movieMoll on March 24, 2009
This Marx Brothers’ follow-up to “A Night at the Opera,” completes the double feature of what most critics — and fans — consider to be the comedy team’s two best films. When Dr. Hugo Hackenbush (Groucho) comes on staff at Standish Sanitarium, owner Judy Standish (Maureen O’Sullivan) hopes he can save the business from bankruptcy. [...]
Posted in Classic, Comedy, Index, Musical, Screwball | Tagged Chico, Classic, Comedy, Groucho, Harpo, Marx brothers |
By GroovyMovieGuy on March 28, 2009
The Marx Brothers and a circus, it seems almost redundant. However, while “At the Circus” features a kinder, gentler version of the Marx Brothers there’s still plenty of fun to go around. Although this isn’t one of the trio’s — sometimes quartet’s — wildest extravaganzas, it’s still better than a significant percentage of movies at [...]
Posted in Comedy, Index, Musical, Screwball | Tagged Comedy, Groucho, Marx brothers, Musical |
By movieMoll on March 28, 2009
Not on par with the Marx Brothers best efforts, still “At the Circus” has some laugh-out-loud moments. A usual lame plot finds Groucho, Chico and Harpo trying to help a circus owner recover a stolen $10,000 before he loses everything. This film is a testament to how much Margaret Dumont brought to the table for [...]
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By GroovyMovieGuy on May 17, 2009
Boy meets girl. Boy falls for girl. She’s taken. There’s complications. It’s Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in “Carefree.”
Astaire plays a psychiatrist who tries to do the right thing for his patient portrayed by Rogers. Guess what it leads to? Yep, dancing and romance.
One of the best dance numbers is a solo by Astaire dancing [...]
Posted in Classic, Comedy, Index, Musical, Romance, Screwball | Tagged Comedy, dance, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Musical, Romance, Screwball |
By movieMoll on May 17, 2009
This movie would be worth seeing for the slow motion dream sequence dance number alone. Fortunately, there’s plenty more to recommend “Carefree,” Astaire and Rogers eighth film pairing. Fred Astaire plays psychiatrist Tony Flagg, who takes on Amanda Cooper (Ginger Rogers) as a patient at the request of her fiancé, played by Ralph Bellamy. It [...]
Posted in Classic, Comedy, Index, Musical, Romance, Screwball | Tagged Comedy, dance, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Musical, Romance |
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