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Horse Feathers

By GroovyMovieGuy on June 19, 2009

The Marx Brothers go to college in “Horse Feathers,” but not with honors. This movie is more like a series of sketches rather than an evolving plot.
Prof. Quincy Adams Wagstaff (Groucho Marx) becomes head of Huxtable College which his son Frank (Zeppo Marx) attends. The new president decides this backwater school needs to set [...]

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Six of a Kind

By movieMoll on May 28, 2009

These comic luminaries — Charles Ruggles, Mary Boyland, W.C. Fields, Alison Skipworth, Geroge Burns and Gracie Allen — add up to a winning hand in “Six of a Kind. Mild-mannered bank worker Pinky Whinney (Ruggles) and his wife Flora (Boland) plan a cross-country car trip to California. George and Gracie answer an ad placed by [...]

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Six of a Kind

By GroovyMovieGuy on May 28, 2009

Flora Whinney (Mary Boyland) advertises for a couple to share expenses on a cross-country automobile trip with her and her husband, Pinky Whinney (Charles Ruggles). They get George Edwards (George Burns) and Gracie De Vore (Gracie Allen), an unmarried couple, that put a kink into just about every mile of the journey.
Along the way, they [...]

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A Day at the Races

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. [...]

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A Day at the Races

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 [...]

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Laura

By GroovyMovieGuy on March 23, 2009

It’s too bad that many people have forgotten what a fine actor Vincent Price was. His performance in the film noir classic “Laura” is outstanding and worthy of one who as a younger man played leading man on Broadway against Helen Hayes.
Clifton Webb received a well-deserved Oscar nomination for his supporting actor role. Gene Tierney [...]

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