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Title:	Movie Reviews and Discussion
Notice:	Please do DIR/TITLE before starting a new topic on a movie!
Moderator:	VAXCPU::michaudo.dec.com::tamara::eppes

Created:	Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1249
Total number of notes:	16012

751.0. "Marx Bros question" by SALEM::BURGER (NORM) Tue Jan 17 1995 11:38

    I'm trying to recall which Marx Brothers movie has a scene in which the
    brother are trying to get past a customs inspector each one in turn
    claiming to be Maurice Chevalier.  Harpo is last and does a lip synch
    to a record of Chevalier singing.  Does anyone recall which movie has
    this scene?

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751.1	Hurray for Capt Spalding!!	MAIL1::FARRELL	`Tue Jan 17 1995 12:10`	3
	Its been awhile but I believe that seen was from MONKEY BUSINESS. Tom
751.2	Nit	MRSVAX::DESOURDIS	`Fri Jan 20 1995 15:07`	12
	Re: <<< Note 751.1 by MAIL1::FARRELL >>> -< Hurray for Capt Spalding!! >- >> Its been awhile but I believe that seen was from MONKEY BUSINESS. He's right - the Maurice Chevalier "impersonations" were from "Monkey Business" (1931). But "Captain Spalding" was in "Animal Crackers" (1930). Had to be the first snotty correction. Ron D.
751.3	I stand corrected	MAIL2::FARRELL	`Fri Jan 27 1995 12:29`	11
	Re -1 I did not mean to imply that the Capt Spalding character was in MONKEY BUSINESS. I was just using it as a generic Marx Brothers header. I'll be more aware of my noting procedures in the future. While on the subject, Groucho's characters always had unusual names, can you remember his name in MONKEY BUSINESS? I don't remember them ever mentioning each other by name in that particular movie, but it has been a long time since I've seen it. q
751.4	Don't take me TOO seriously	MRSVAX::DESOURDIS	`Fri Jan 27 1995 13:14`	11
	Hey, don't let what was intended as a good-natured tease deter you from using "Hooray for Captain Spalding" as a generic Marx Bros. header. After all, Groucho used it as the theme for "You Bet Your Life" for years. And if it was good enough for him... As to his name in "Monkey Business", my memory is a bit hazy as well. But it seems to me that whenever I've seen a cast listing for this film, the brothers are listed simply as "four stowaways" or something like. Ron D.