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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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Room Service

By GroovyMovieGuy on April 8, 2009

You could call this an intimate Marx Brothers movie, as most of it is set in a single hotel room. Out of this room the trio manages to stage a play, have a wild dinner on a room service cart, hide items in a stuffed moose head and accidentally free a live turkey.
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Room Service

By movieMoll on April 8, 2009

The comic gems served up in “Room Service” are few and far between — definitely a low point for the Marx Brothers. The plot finds producer Gordon Miller (Groucho) trying not to get evicted from his hotel room until he can secure funds for the Broadway play he is staging. Adapted from a hit Broadway [...]

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At the Circus

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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At the Circus

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 [...]

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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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