4 out of 4 found this helpful. 2 out of 2 found this helpful. Day at the Races 1937 Directed by Sam Wood: Ann Johnson Dorothy Johnson Norma Miller Al Minns Frankie Manning Billy Ricker ... of the Marx brothers in blackface may be shocking to modern audiences, but was meant to be no more than a harmless disguise at the time the film was made. Was this review helpful? Also, the film slows down a bit in the middle with long, sustained sequences which really do not benefit the movie. He seats her and pushes in her chair at the table Just as with most modern studio products there's a feeling of a package designed by committee, in which everyone is guaranteed to dislike something. Their scenes together are priceless, as they always were. Certificate: Passed Her rich most important patient Mrs. Upjohn (Margaret Dumont) is leaving.

Directed by Sam Wood. A terrific Marx Bros. film with many memorable lines and scenes, including 'Tutsi Frutsi Ice Cream.' 2 out of 2 found this helpful. Having picked them up after their Paramount period, MGM seems to have decided it didn't trust the Marx Brothers. See the film, and you'll find out what that means. Was this review helpful? Superb comedy that puts our heroes in a sanitorium to help out owner O'Sullivan and an ailing Dumont. Forty years after the release of A Night At The Opera the rock group Queen released an album with the same title. I have seen Duck Soup, which I would say has to be at least one of their best, seeing that I believe it to be one of the funniest comedies ever. It's a fair assessment. One thing that brings down the film's overall quality, however, is the long and useless musical numbers performed about 3/4 of the way through the film.

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Tony (Chico Marx) overhears Upjohn's praise for Dr. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx) and sends for him who turns out to be a veterinarian. The Marx Brothers (Groucho as "Dr. Hackenbush", Chico as "Tony", and Harpo as "Stuffy") and Alan Jones (he's Gil) must help Maureen O'Sullivan (she's Judy) save her financially troubled sanitarium. Certainly, it is not the most original plot ever – it is quite similar to the one in most Marx films I have seen – nor is it the best, but after all, it is merely a vehicle for a number of sketches, and as long as those are good enough, it is fine by me. Judy's boyfriend Gil Stewart (Allan Jones) spends all his money to buy a horse and win big for her. Certificate: Passed comedy bit, there are many hits and almost no misses here. In any event, Grouch Marx will always be one of my heroes. Was this review helpful? I myself found it much less funny than Duck Soup. Regarding the painted face, I don't think that part was designed to be derogatory or a joke on black people but to show how the stupid authorities (who were searching for the three brothers) fail to see beyond skin colour. It seems to have cast a bit of a shadow over the film. A Day at the Races is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 10 December 1976 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. Gil gets Stuffy (Harpo Marx) to ride his horse Hi-Hat. A veterinarian posing as a doctor and a race-horse owner and his friends struggle to help keep a sanitarium open with the help of a misfit race-horse. A bit too much for me, but he still sings lovely. Was this review helpful? 10 out of 12 found this helpful. Blackface is a term used to describe a form of theatrical make-up used predominantly by non-black performers to represent a caricature of a black person.The term is also used for black makeup worn as part of folk traditions and disguising, not all of which are perceived as or originated as racial stereotypes of black people.. Was this review helpful? 12 out of 15 found this helpful. The Marx Brothers are the anti-authoritarian underdogs while police and other authorities look like gangster henchmen. The trouble is that Thalberg died early on while this was being developed. Hackenbush runs a high-priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he has his degree in veterinary medicine.Hackenbush hands her a wilted sunflower. A veterinarian posing as a doctor and a race-horse owner and his friends struggle to help keep a sanitarium open with the help of a misfit race-horse. My comments here about A Day at the Races could apply equally to any of the movies they made at MGM. Morgan (Douglas Dumbrille) is trying to buy out the sanitarium with the help of the scheming manager Whitmore (Leonard Ceeley). However, I found that song sequence a sheer delight and perhaps one of the best parts of the movie. The Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont & Irving Thalberg are together here. Their fortunes rest, finally, on the back of race horse "Hi-Hat" - will he win the "Big Race" and save sanitarium Standish? 10 of 12 people found this review helpful. The sequence in which Chico keeps selling more books to Groucho proves to be one of the Brothers' all time funniest.