We now continue with our regular scheduled Porpoise... Sorry, what, oh, Purpose, but the Porpoise can stay too. So what happened when the Marx brothers went to MGM via the figurehead Irving J Thalberg? A little known comedy called A Night at the Opera came to be, and then A Day at the Races. Then Thalberg died. What were the brothers to do? Do you sense we have too many questions going on here?
Jack and Andrew continue and conclude their discussion on the oeuvre of Julius, Leonard and Adolph (or, sorry, Groucho, Chico and Harpo) in their eight films after Duck Soup. Get ready to sing, dance, get shot out of a canon or fall out of a plane, whichever you prefer! And Jack has some trivia for you all as well, including what happened to the Marx brothers when they were made to wait for Thalberg. You won't want to miss it!
Films discussed:
1) A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935)
2) A DAY AT THE RACES (1937)
3) ROOM SERVICE (1938)
4) AT THE CIRCUS (1939)
5) GO WEST (1940)
6) THE BIG STORE (1941)
7) A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA (1946)
8) LOVE HAPPY (1949)
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(clips from A DAY AT THE RACES, AT THE CIRCUS and A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA)
