Monkey Business (1931) 7.5
On a transatlantic crossing, the Marx brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship. Director:Norman Z. McLeod |
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Monkey Business (1931) 7.5
On a transatlantic crossing, the Marx brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship. Director:Norman Z. McLeod |
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| The Marx Brothers | ... |
(as The Four Marx Brothers)
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| Groucho Marx | ... | ||
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| Chico Marx | ... | ||
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Zeppo Marx | ... | |
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Rockliffe Fellowes | ... |
Joe Helton
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Harry Woods | ... |
Briggs
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Thelma Todd | ... |
Lucille
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Ruth Hall | ... | |
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Tom Kennedy | ... |
Gibson
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While stowing away on a ship to America, the boys get involuntarily pressed into service as toughs for a pair of feuding gangsters while trying desparately to evade the ship's crew. After arriving stateside, one of the gangsters kidnaps the other's daughter - and it's up to our unlikely heroes to save the day. Written by scgary66
Here's more typical Marx Brothes zaniness....and plenty of it, with a few instrumentals thrown in (Chico on piano nd Harpo on harp) near the end.
Most of this "story" is just madcap chases with the four boys (yes, Zeppo is in here, too) being stowaways aboard a ship.
The last part of the film shows a swanky party where Zeppo's girlfriend is kidnapped and the bothers go to rescue at an abandoned barn. That's a very funny scene and better than the boat segment, although a bit short. I'd like to have seen more of that latter scene.
However, those earlier boat scenes are good, too, with a lot of clever puns which I thoroughly enjoyed. It was still a lot of solid entertainment in the Marx Brothers tradition. To my surprise, I found myself missing Margaret Dumont as Groucho's main foil. Thelma Todd takes over that part here.