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Room Service (1938) 6.6
A penniless theatrical producer must outwit the hotel efficiency expert trying to evict him from his room, while securing a backer for his new play. Director:William A. Seiter |
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Hilda
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Leo Davis
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Joseph Gribble
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Gregory Wagner
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Timothy Hogarth
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Simon Jenkins
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The Marx Brothers try and put on a play before their landlord finds out that they have run out of money. To confuse the landlord they pretend that the play's author has contracted some terrible disease and can't be moved. Originally a stage play, the setting shows it's origins, but this is vintage Marx Brothers. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Country:
USARelease Date:
30 September 1938 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Die Marx Brothers - Zimmerdienst See more »Company Credits
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Gordon Miller: And if you do come back bring four bottles of poison.
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(circa 1872) (uncredited)
Written by Wallis Willis
Arranged by Henry Thacker Burleigh
Sung by The Marx Brothers, Cliff Dunstan and Donald MacBride with Harpo Marx on harmonica
Reprised by actors in the show
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Although she seems much older and mature, Ann Miller is only 15 years old in this film. She had lied about her age and obtained a fake birth certificate when she was about 14 years old stating that she was 18. Ms. Miller was so tall, poised and beautiful that she pulled it off. See more »Goofs
When Gordon Miller calls to reception pretending to be Dr. Glass, he is holding the phone receiver with his right hand. Seconds later, when he is about to hang up, he is holding it with his left hand. See more »Quotes
Hilda Manny: If I don't come back you'll know it's good news.Gordon Miller: And if you do come back bring four bottles of poison.
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Crazy Credits
Opening credits are shown on doors that flip around for each new screen of names. See more »Soundtracks
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"(circa 1872) (uncredited)
Written by Wallis Willis
Arranged by Henry Thacker Burleigh
Sung by The Marx Brothers, Cliff Dunstan and Donald MacBride with Harpo Marx on harmonica
Reprised by actors in the show
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30 years ago today, Groucho Marx died at 86, three days after Elvis Presley. For the occasion, I'd thought I'd view some of his movies of which Room Service is one of them. Unlike the others he made with his brothers, this one wasn't especially tailored to their talents since it was originally a Broadway play starring other people. So the action is mostly confined to the hotel and the pace slows down a little bit. Nevertheless, there's still some witty lines and visual humor concerning Harpo that makes this one of the more enjoyable latter day-Marx Brothers films. And there's a wonderful supporting cast with Frank Albertson as the playwright and, especially, Donald MacBride as the hotel manager who keeps exclaiming, "Jumping Butterballs!" Also of note is the fact that a couple of young players named Ann Miller and Lucille Ball appear here long before their established personas. So while not the classic of their five Paramount and first two MGM pictures, this RKO production was nothing the Marx Brothers should be ashamed of.