The Marx Brothers A Day at the Races
Three Great Laff Stars ! . . . more gags and gals . . . more songs and dances !
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DVD Details
- Commentary by The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia Author Glenn Mitchell
- All-New Documentary On Your Marx, Get Set, Go!
- 4 Vintage Shorts: Robert Benchley's Oscar-Nominated A Night at the Movies and the Cartoons Gallopin' Gals, Mama's New Hat and Old Smokey
- Theatrical Trailer
- Subtitles in English, French & Spanish
- Rated: Not Rated
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 50 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 3, 2012
- Originally Released: 1937
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx & Maureen O'Sullivan | |
Performer: | Douglass Dumbrille, Margaret Dumont, Esther Muir, Sig Ruman & Allan Jones | |
Directed by | Sam Wood | |
Edited by | Frank E. Hull | |
Screenplay by | Robert Pirosh, George Seaton & George Oppenheimer | |
Composition by | Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn & Bronislau Kaper | |
Art Direction by | Cedric Gibbons | |
Story by | Robert Pirosh & George Oppenheimer | |
Produced by | Max Siegel | |
Director of Photography: | Joseph Ruttenberg |
Entertainment Reviews:
Proof of the absence of God comes when Marx Brothers gags get the scissors ... yet we still must endure a show-stopping (in the worst sense of the word) water-ballet number that's a dose of Robitussin when the movie needs a double espresso.
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DVDJournal.com
A Day at the Races (1937) is a classic Marx Brothers comedy, often argued as one of their three or four best works.
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AMC Filmsite
Rating: 4.5/5 --
When Groucho's in charge of things -- and that's most of the time -- A Day at the Races is full of great stuff.
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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Rating: 5/5 --
Sublime.
Movie Mom
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Groucho's power is his smoothness with language, his Kryptonite Chico's elaborate doublespeak.
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Film Freak Central
Rating: B- --
A winner at the box office.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
…...A DAY AT THE RACES contains its fair share of priceless routines...
Total Film
Description by OLDIES.com:
The Marxes skewer medicine and bring home a racetrack winner in the hilarious A Day at the Races. In his favorite role, Groucho is Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbust - MD, PhD, RFD, MC, PDQ, BYOB and none of the above - dispensing horse pills and quips with equal glee. Chico, Harpo and favorite foil Margaret Dumont join the fun of this thoroughly thoroughbred comedy. Enjoy tootsie-frootsie ice cream, Dumont's medical exam, Harpo's pretty-girl pantomime sketch, wallpaper wackiness and wall-to-wall hilarity the Marx way.
Product Description:
Maureen O'Sullivan plays Judy Standish, a woman whose sanitarium is about to be foreclosed upon. Standish begs for help from rich patient Emily Updike, played by the hysterically funny Maragaret Dumont. Updike agrees to save the sanitarium but demands that her favorite medical practitioner, Dr. Hugo Hackenbush (Groucho Marx), be placed in charge. Hackenbush is a horse doctor by trade. Thus begins another wacky, silly adventure with the kings of comedy, Groucho, Chico, and Harpo Marx. Chico, a racing tipster, and Harpo, a jockey, find faith in Hackenbush when they discover that the good doctor is a fraud, so the trio sets off to defeat the nasty bankers who continue to scheme for the sanitarium, while also pushing forward the incipient love affair between Standish and struggling singer Gil Stewart (Allan Jones). Also included is the horse race for which the film is named, a carnival of bathing beauties, and some very odd musical numbers.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 119,653
- UPC: 012569513921
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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