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17 November 1933 (USA)
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Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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(12 articles)
A – Z Movie Reviews – D’s
(From HeyUGuys. 7 December 2009, 11:42 AM, PST)
Al Kennedy on Funny Bones
(From The Guardian - Film News. 5 December 2009, 4:10 PM, PST)
(From HeyUGuys. 7 December 2009, 11:42 AM, PST)
Al Kennedy on Funny Bones
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The Best Comedy of All Time
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Groucho Marx | ... | Rufus T. Firefly | |
| Harpo Marx | ... | Pinky | |
| Chico Marx | ... | Chicolini | |
| Zeppo Marx | ... | Lt. Bob Roland | |
| Margaret Dumont | ... | Mrs. Gloria Teasdale | |
| Raquel Torres | ... | Vera Marcal | |
| Louis Calhern | ... | Ambassador Trentino of Sylvania | |
| Edmund Breese | ... | Zander | |
| Leonid Kinskey | ... | Sylvanian Agitator (as Leonid Kinsky) | |
| Charles Middleton | ... | Prosecutor (as Charles B. Middleton) | |
| Edgar Kennedy | ... | Lemonade Vendor |
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68 min
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
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This film marks the last appearance of Zeppo Marx in a Marx Brothers film.
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Continuity: When they meet, Mrs. Teasdale holds Firefly's right hand while he holds the cigar with his left hand. The subsequent shot shows him holding the cigar with the right hand and the deck with the left one.
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Bob Roland:
This letter's the work of Trentino. The man is trying to undermine you. Now what are you going to do about it?
Rufus T. Firefly: I've got a good mind to ring his doorbell and run.
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Rufus T. Firefly: I've got a good mind to ring his doorbell and run.
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Referenced in The Dark Half (1993)
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The Stars and Stripes Forever
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What was the hand game that Chico was playing?What does "Duck Soup" mean?
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Many will say that Airplane or anything by Woody Allen rates this summary but I strongly disagree. There are very few pleasures on earth as hearing Groucho insult people, Chico's murder of the English language, or seeing Harpo's physical comedy. In this movie you have it all. From Groucho's entrance in the first scene to the bombing of the shelter while defending Margaret Dumont's "honor", there is not one slow moment. Like the great screwball comedies of the 1930s and 1940s, this movie does not require special effects or offensive dialogue to make it watchable over and over again. The only thing that this movie does require is your attention and a quick finger on the rewind button. (For when you miss something, and on the first viewing you will) All in all, this is the all time best comedy, political or otherwise.