Description
Monkey Business DVD 1931 Majomságok / Directed by Norman Z. McLeod / Starring: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx
UPC 5050582318111
MADE IN HUNGARY
REGION 2 PAL DVD
Audio: English 2.0 mono
Subtitle: English HOH, Hungarian, Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Polish
Runtime: 75 minutes
English Summary:
Monkey Business is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film.It is the third of the Marx Brothers' released movies, and the first with an original screenplay rather than an adaptation of one of their Broadway shows.
On board an ocean liner to America, four stowaways are involuntarily pressed into service as toughs for a pair of feuding gangsters while constantly trying to evade the ship's crew. Prior to this development, the film has no real plot, with the Brothers merely causing unending uproar. Except in the credits and in the screenplay, the Brothers' characters have no names in this film. They are referred to simply as "the stowaways". After arriving stateside, one of the gangsters kidnaps the other's daughter, leaving it up to the brothers to save the day.
Hungarian Summary:
Groucho, Harpo, Chico és Zeppo potyautasként egy tengerjáró hajón bújkálnak a hatóságok elől, illetve rivális gengszterek testőréül is szegődnek a tőlük megszokott fergeteges következményekkel.
Cast / Szereplők:
- Groucho Marx as Groucho
- Harpo Marx as Harpo
- Chico Marx as Chico
- Zeppo Marx as Zeppo
- Rockliffe Fellowes as J.J. "Big Joe" Helton
- Harry Woods as "Alky" Briggs
- Thelma Todd as Lucille Briggs
- Ruth Hall as Mary Helton
- Tom Kennedy as First Mate Gibson
- Cecil Cunningham as Madame Swempski, opera singer giving interview on ship
- Charlotte Mineau as Emily, woman on veranda of mansion having an illicit affair
- Maxine Castle as opera singer singing "O Sole Mio"
- Rolfe Sedan as the ship's barber
- Evelyn Pierce as Manicurist
- Billy Bletcher as Man buried in deck chair
- Bess Flowers as wife of man dressed as Indian at party
- Cyril Ring as Party guest
- Ben Taggart as Captain Corcoran
- Davison Clark as passport official
Directed by | Norman Z. McLeod |
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Produced by | Herman J. Mankiewicz |
Written by | S. J. Perelman Will B. Johnstone Add'l dialogue Arthur Sheekman Contrib. writers Al Shean Nat Perrin[1] |
Starring | Groucho Marx Harpo Marx Chico Marx Zeppo Marx |
Music by | John Leipold |
Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd |
Production
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Paramount Publix Corp.
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Distributed by | Paramount Publix Corp |
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Running time
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75 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |