The Marx Brothers Collection

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Number of Discs
4
Release Date
10/11/2003
Studio
Universal Pictures
format
DVD / Box Set
Duration
297
Certificate UK
U

Collection of four classic Marx Brothers films. In 'Animal Crackers' (1930), Mrs Rittenhouse (Margaret Dumont) is throwing a high society party, at which African explorer Jeffrey T. Spaulding (Groucho Marx) is the guest of honour. When a valuable painting is stolen from the house, Spaulding teams up with Italian musician Emanual Ravelli (Chico Marx) and the eccentric Professor (Harpo Marx) to track down the thieves. 'Monkey Business' (1931) features the brothers as stowaways aboard a luxury ocean liner. While Groucho, Chico and Harpo create mayhem attempting to escape the clutches of the captain and crew, Zeppo embarks on a romance with Mary Helton (Ruth Hall) - daughter of retired gangster Joe Helton (Rockcliffe Fellowes). When rival gang leader Alky Briggs (Harry Woods) hatches a plot to kidnap Mary and hold her to ransom, it is up to the boys to save the day. In 'Horse Feathers' (1932), the new president of Huxley College, Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff (Groucho) sets about attending to important school business; namely, winning the school their first football game since 1888. On the advice of his son Frank (Zeppo), he enters a local speakeasy, intending to bribe a couple of professional players to make the college team. What he ends up with instead are inept dog catcher Pinky (Harpo) and ice delivery man Baravelli (Chico). However, the duo prove invaluable when Wagstaff becomes romantically involved with the scheming Connie Bailey (Thelma Todd), a college widow who is secretly in league with Huxley's chief rivals, Darwin. Finally, in 'Duck Soup' (1933), Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho) is appointed president of Freedonia under the patronage of the wealthy Mrs Teasdale (Dumont) and sets about starting a war with neighbouring Sylvania. To this end he trades insults with Sylvanian ambassador Trentino (Louis Calhern), unaware that Trentino's spies Chicolini (Chico) and Pinky (Harpo) are already working to bring down Freedonia from within.

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Director: Victor Heerman
Director: Leo McCarey
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Producer: Herman Mankiewicz
Writer: Morrie Ryskind
Writer: George F. Kaufman
Writer: Will B. Johnstone
Writer: Bert Kalmer
Writer: S. J. Perelman
Writer: Harry Ruby
Writer: Arthur Sheekman
Writer: Nat Perrin
Music: Bert Kalmer
Music: Harry Ruby
Music: Johnny Green
Music: Hans Dreier
Music: Wiard Ihnen
Actor: The Marx Brothers
Actor: Groucho Marx
Actor: Louis Calhern
Actor: Thelma Todd
Actor: Ruth Hall
Actor: Chico Marx
Actor: Edgar Kennedy
Actor: Rockcliffe Fellowes
Actor: Harpo Marx
Actor: Raquel Torres
Actor: Harry Woods
Actor: Zeppo Marx
Actor: Tom Kennedy
Actor: Verna Hillie
Actor: Margaret Dumont
Actor: Edmund Breese
Actor: Ben Taggart
Actor: Lillian Roth
Actor: Leonid Kinskey
Actor: Louis Sorin
Actor: Robert Greig
Actor: David Landau
Actor: Hal Thompson
Actor: Margaret Irving
Actor: Kathryn Reece
Actor: Reginald Barlow
Actor: Edgar Dearing
Actor: Frank Rice
Cinematographer: George Folsey
Cinematographer: Arthur L. Todd
Cinematographer: Ray June
Cinematographer: Henry Sharp

Main Format
DVD
Keyword Index
The Marx Brothers Collection|Groucho Marx
Alternative Title
Animal Crackers/Monkey Business/Horse Feathers/Duck Soup
Colour
B/W
Region
Region 2
Extras 1
High Definition extras tbc
Extras 2
Language(s):English, InteractiveMenu
Extras 3
ImageGallery, 4artcards
Catalogue Number
8212006

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