- Actors: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Allan Jones, Sam Wood
- Directors: Sam Wood
- Format: PAL, Black & White, Full Screen, Mono, Subtitled
- Language English, German, Spanish
- Subtitles: Danish, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: U
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- Run Time: 105 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000SQFRAY
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 51,388 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This is one of the Marx Brothers' few MGM pictures, from early on in their career - it's not as good as 'A Night at the Opera', but it's still head and shoulders above most comedy films made in the 63 years since! The unlikely plot centres on a sanitarium and a racecourse. Groucho plays a horse vet (Hugo Z Hackenbush - masquerading as an expert doctor) who comes to the aid of the short-on-cash hospital, advising the owner to make money via horse-racing. The plot isn't the reason for watching the movie (it never is with Marx Bros films!) - you should get this video to watch the madcap antics of the three stars. The operating theatre scene and the Groucho-Chico book-trading exchange are both achingly funny. One fact that Marx-fans should also note is that there's currently a two-film video available on Amazon, containing both this film and 'A Day at the Races' for pretty much the same price.
Format:DVD
Other reviewers have pretty well summed it up, so I wasn't going to add my opinion. That is until I read one reviewer's comment that it's dragged down by the barnyard musical numbers.
You have got to be joking! What you get is the wonderful Ivie Anderson and other members of Duke Ellington's band with a storming performance of "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm", backed up with a totally fantastic lindy-hop dance sequence from Whitey's Lindy Hoppers. A real hot bonus for any music lovers!
You have got to be joking! What you get is the wonderful Ivie Anderson and other members of Duke Ellington's band with a storming performance of "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm", backed up with a totally fantastic lindy-hop dance sequence from Whitey's Lindy Hoppers. A real hot bonus for any music lovers!
Format:DVD
There seem to be two threads to Marx Brothers films: the very, very, good and the (frankly) rather dull. This is accounted for by who produced the films. So there are high budget and low budget productions. I'm happy to say that 'A Day at the Races' belongs to the former in both categories. It even includes a big jazz number by the (unlisted) Duke Ellington band. Both Harpo and Chico are on top musical form. Harpo, who I discover was born in 1888, demolishes not only a Rachmaninov Prelude for piano, but also the piano. For anyone interested in stagecraft this is truly an amazing scene. There are some daring horse-racing stunts done mainly by Harpo (before he got injured), and Groucho is red-hot with the wisecracks. There is some additional information on the DVD which makes this not only very entertaining, but a DVD for the film connoisseur.
Another good one: A Night At The Opera [1935]
Another good one: A Night At The Opera [1935]
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Has To Be One Of Their Best Films. Groucho As Always Carries This Film. Read more
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Has To Be One Of Their Best Films. Groucho As Always Carries This Film. Read more
Published on 1 April 2010 by Mr. George Savage
And with a name like Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush ....
The plot is particular bizarre. Judy Standish (Maureen O'Sullivan) has inherited a sanitarium and if she is unable to repay her debts she will be bought out by a casino! Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2007 by Jay
Funny though drags on at times
Superb comedy that puts our heroes in a sanitorium to help out owner O'Sullivan and an ailing Dumont. Read more
Published on 2 July 2007 by Jay
True Classic from the Marx Brothers
What a great all round comedy from the marx brothers. A video that gives us laughter the whole way through from start to finish. Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2003 by "josepio"
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