The Marx Brothers Films

[chrisspielberg]

Will write more about them later... ;D

[captainofbeef]

Haven't seen all of them, but Duck Soup makes me laugh every time.

[criterionmaster]

haven't seen any, what would be three you could recommend?

[chrisspielberg]

Definitely Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races!!!

[criterionmaster]

okay, thanks. i am guessing i should check out duck soup first, then? i will add that on my queue. i have heard so much about it, so it definitely seems like one i should be checking out.

[Nomansvally]

The ones I've seen:

1. A Night at the Opera ;D
2. Duck Soup
3. Monkey Business
4. Animal Crackers
5. Horse Feathers

I voted A Night at the Opera, which is also the first film I saw with the Marx brothers.

[chrisspielberg]

I promised i'd write some thing more detailed about the Marx Brothers but to be honest there's no real point in making a whole life bio type thing. They are quite simply one of the funniest comedy acts to come out of Hollywood, and today none of their humour has lost it's edge and they are absolutely iconic. If you don't own a Groucho glasses and nose disguise yourself you must at least know someone who does. ;D

Some of Groucho's best quotes (in film and personal):

"Remember, men, we're fighting for this woman's honour; which is probably more than she ever did."

"I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members."

[When told that a swimming pool was off-limits to Jews] "My son is half-Jewish; can he wade in up to his knees?"

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."

"You're only as young as the woman you feel."

"If you want to see a comic strip, you should see me in the shower."

"I could dance with you until the cows come home. On second thought, I'd rather dance with the cows until you come home."

"I drink to make other people interesting."

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception."

"There's one way to find out if a man is honest: Ask him; if he says 'yes,' you know he is crooked."

"Behind every successful man stands a woman. And behind her stands his wife."

"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."

"Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others."

"From the moment I picked your book up until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it."

"A moose is an animal with horns on the front of his head and a hunting lodge wall on the back of it."

[criterionmaster]

chrisspielberg said:

"I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members."

that quote is like always associated with woody allen, if i remember right(?). did he quote groucho in a film or something? or did he steal it?

[chrisspielberg]

criterionmaster said:

that quote is like always associated with woody allen, if i remember right(?). did he quote groucho in a film or something? or did he steal it?

Groucho did coin it, but it is better known from Woody quoting it at the beginning of Annie Hall, in his monologue when he's talking about his sort of pesimistic outlook and such.