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Straight Place and Show (1938)
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30 September 1938 (USA) morePlot:
The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Al, Harry and Jimmy moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | The Ritz Brothers | ... | The Ritz Brothers |
 | Richard Arlen | ... | Denny Paine |
| Ethel Merman | ... | Linda Tyler |
| Phyllis Brooks | ... | Barbara 'Babs' Drake |
| George Barbier | ... | Mr. Drake |
| Sidney Blackmer | ... | 'Lucky' Braddock |
| Will Stanton | ... | Syd Robins - Horse Truck Driver |
| Ivan Lebedeff | ... | Ivan Borokov - Russian Jockey |
| Gregory Gaye | ... | Vladimir Borokov - Russian Jockey |
| Rafael Storm | ... | Boris Borokov - Russian Jockey |
| Stanley Fields | ... | Slippery Sol |
| Tiny Roebuck | ... | Terrible Turk |
| Ben Welden | ... | Promoter |
| Edward Gargan | ... | Detective Globe (as Ed Gargan) |
| Pat McKee | ... | Referee |
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68 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Filming Locations:
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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The play by Damon Runyon and Irving Caesar was based on an earlier short story, "That Ever Loving Wife of Mine" which appeared Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan in 1931. The play was never produced. moreSoundtrack:
The Volga Boatman moreFAQ
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All comedy is a matter of individual taste, and the Ritz Brothers are no exception. They are the class cut ups, mugging and and crossing eyeballs, shouting and always on stage, minor variations on each other, as opposed to the Marx Brothers, who had clearly differentiated personalities -- except for Zeppo, who had none -- and actually had a intellectual side to them.
In any case, the question of whether you will like this movie depends on if you like the Ritz Brothers. Richard Arlen is present for standard leading-man action, and Ethel Merman to sing a few songs, but this movie is about the Ritz Brothers mugging it up over a racehorse. If you like them, go to it. If you dislike them, avoid it. If you don't know who they are, give it a try.