IMDb RATING
5.8/10
2.8K
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The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
2.8K
YOUR RATING
- Director
- Writers
- Frank Tashlin(screenplay)
- Mac Benoff(screenplay)
- Harpo Marx(based on a story by)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Frank Tashlin(screenplay)
- Mac Benoff(screenplay)
- Harpo Marx(based on a story by)
- Stars
Sayre Dearing
- Street Passerbyas Street Passerby
- (uncredited)
Lois Hall
- Young Womanas Young Woman
- (uncredited)
Alvin Hammer
- Call Boyas Call Boy
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Frank Tashlin(screenplay)
- Mac Benoff(screenplay)
- Harpo Marx(based on a story by)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
Young hopefuls trying to stage a Broadway show on a shoestring are sustained with food by expert shoplifter Harpo. They little suspect that his donations include the special sardine can hiding the Romanoff diamonds! Slinky Madame Egelichi and her henchmen will do anything to get them back, but the Marx Brothers lead them a merry chase. —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
- Taglines
- New Musical Girlesque!!!
- Genres
- Certificate
- Passed
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaGroucho Marx told an anecdote - both on a '60s Today Show segment and in print - that the movie's producer asked three aspiring actresses to walk seductively past Marx. Whomever Marx decided was the best walker would play opposite him in the film. When the third girl walked past, Marx asked the producer, "How could you possibly choose anyone but that last one?" Marx had chosen Marilyn Monroe for the film.
- GoofsThe theatre's name changes from the Windsor to the Century and then back to the Windsor.
- Quotes
Detective Sam Grunion, narrator of the story: I am the same Sam Grunion who solved the international uranium-mining swindle. Scotland Yard was baffled; the FBI was baffled. They sent for me and the case was solved immediately: I confessed.
- Alternate versionsThe DVD version released in 2004 runs 91 minutes (despite what it says on the box) and contains several scenes not included in the 85 min. version long seen in the U.S.- 1.Harpo giving link sausages to the front man in a bull costume by threading them through a nostril in the bull head and handing the back end man a ham. 2. Groucho showing photos of himself in different disguises with Madame Egilichi and then providing voice-over narration for a scene of Chico trying to bribe Mr. Lyons by setting him up with a chorus girl. 3. Harpo being put through a washing machine by Madame Egilichi's henchmen. 4. Harpo becoming completely enveloped in smoke from the KOOL sign and ducking into an air vent which sucks away the smoke. This version is also missing a scene in which Groucho observes that the show would have been saved if Maggie had accepted the sardines Harpo gave her.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1965)
- SoundtracksLove Happy
(1949)
by Ann Ronell
Sung during the opening credits by Marion Hutton (uncredited) with chorus and danced by Vera-Ellen (uncredited)
Dance reprise by Paul Valentine (uncredited)
Top review
Grab some sardines and enjoy.
Although the critics hate this one, it's a treasure for die-hard Harpo fans. Harpo originally conceived "Love Happy" as a solo vehicle, but Chico wormed his way in because he needed money to pay gambling debts. Groucho was written in at the last minute to secure more funding from backers who insisted on having all three brothers in the film.
Harpo loves the beautiful dancer Maggie, who faces a collapsing career if the theater troupe fails. Chico, a mind-reader in the troupe, loves femme fatale Madame Egelichi, who is of course plotting evil. Groucho is the private detective who eventually solves the mystery of the sardines. It all makes sense in the end, as much as any Marx Brothers movie makes sense. Sit back and enjoy.
Harpo loves the beautiful dancer Maggie, who faces a collapsing career if the theater troupe fails. Chico, a mind-reader in the troupe, loves femme fatale Madame Egelichi, who is of course plotting evil. Groucho is the private detective who eventually solves the mystery of the sardines. It all makes sense in the end, as much as any Marx Brothers movie makes sense. Sit back and enjoy.
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- Chrissie
- Mar 25, 1999
Details
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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