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Love Happy

  • 19491949
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
2.8K
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Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Ilona Massey, and Vera-Ellen in Love Happy (1949)
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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
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  • Director
    • David Miller
  • Writers
    • Frank Tashlin(screenplay)
    • Mac Benoff(screenplay)
    • Harpo Marx(based on a story by)
  • Stars
    • Groucho Marx
    • Harpo Marx
    • Chico Marx
Top credits
  • Director
    • David Miller
  • Writers
    • Frank Tashlin(screenplay)
    • Mac Benoff(screenplay)
    • Harpo Marx(based on a story by)
  • Stars
    • Groucho Marx
    • Harpo Marx
    • Chico Marx
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    • 41User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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  • Photos25

    "Love Happy" M. Monroe & Groucho Marx 1949
    M. Monroe &  Groucho Marx "Love Happy" 1950
    Marilyn Monroe, LOVE HAPPY, United Artists, 1950, **I.V.
    "Love Happy" 1948 Photo by Madison Lacy
    "Love Happy" 1949
    Groucho Marx and Marilyn Monroe in Love Happy (1949)
    Groucho Marx, Marilyn Monroe, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx in Love Happy (1949)
    Groucho Marx, Marilyn Monroe, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx in Love Happy (1949)
    Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, and Ilona Massey in Love Happy (1949)
    Ilona Massey in Love Happy (1949)
    Groucho Marx and Eric Blore in Love Happy (1949)
    Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, and Ilona Massey in Love Happy (1949)

    Top cast

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    Groucho Marx
    Groucho Marx
    • Detective Sam Grunion - Narrator of the Storyas Detective Sam Grunion - Narrator of the Story
    Harpo Marx
    Harpo Marx
    • Harpoas Harpo
    Chico Marx
    Chico Marx
    • Faustino the Greatas Faustino the Great
    Ilona Massey
    Ilona Massey
    • Madame Egelichias Madame Egelichi
    Vera-Ellen
    Vera-Ellen
    • Maggie Phillipsas Maggie Phillips
    Marion Hutton
    Marion Hutton
    • Bunny Dolanas Bunny Dolan
    Raymond Burr
    Raymond Burr
    • Alphonse Zotoas Alphonse Zoto
    Melville Cooper
    Melville Cooper
    • Throckmortonas Throckmorton
    Bruce Gordon
    Bruce Gordon
    • Hannibal Zotoas Hannibal Zoto
    Leon Belasco
    Leon Belasco
    • Mr. Lyonsas Mr. Lyons
    Paul Valentine
    Paul Valentine
    • Mike Johnsonas Mike Johnson
    Eric Blore
    Eric Blore
    • Mackinawas Mackinaw
    Marilyn Monroe
    Marilyn Monroe
    • Grunion's Clientas Grunion's Client
    Eddie Borden
    Eddie Borden
    • Man at Stage Dooras Man at Stage Door
    • (uncredited)
    Sayre Dearing
    Sayre Dearing
    • Street Passerbyas Street Passerby
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Gargan
    Edward Gargan
    • Cop Who Captures Harpoas Cop Who Captures Harpo
    • (uncredited)
    Lois Hall
    Lois Hall
    • Young Womanas Young Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Alvin Hammer
    Alvin Hammer
    • Call Boyas Call Boy
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • David Miller
    • Writers
      • Frank Tashlin(screenplay)
      • Mac Benoff(screenplay)
      • Harpo Marx(based on a story by)
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    Storyline

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    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>
    diamondssardinemarx brothersdeceptionwisecrack humor47 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • New Musical Girlesque!!!
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Crime
      • Music
    • Certificate
      • Passed
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Groucho 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.
    • Goofs
      The 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 versions
      The 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.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1965)
    • Soundtracks
      Love 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)

    User reviews41

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    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.
    helpful•10
    5
    • Chrissie
    • Mar 25, 1999

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 3, 1950 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Blonde Heaven
    • Filming locations
      • General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Artists Alliance
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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