I just recently saw Love Happy for the first time. I have my thoughts on which Marx Brothers' films are the best (or my favorite) here is my list.
1.Animal Crackers
2.Duck Soup
3.Horse Feathers
4.A Day at the Races
5.A Night at the Opera
6.Monkey Business
7.A Night in Casablanca
8.The Cocoanuts
9.At the Circus
10.The Big Store
11.Go West
12.Love Happy
13.Room Service
I was wanting to know other people's list.
Hmm...difficult. But I'd say:
1. Animal Crackers
2. Horse Feathers
3. Duck Soup
4. A Night at the Opera
5. Monkey Business
6. A Day at the Races
7. The Cocoanuts
8. A Night in Casablanca
9. Go West
10. At the Circus
11. Love Happy
12. Room Service
13. The Big Store
"And now, I'm going back in the closet...where men are empty overcoats..."
Duck Soup
A Night at the Opera
Day at The Races
Animal Crackers
A Night in Casablanca
Horse Feathers
Monkey Business
Room Service
Go West
The Big Store
At The Circus
1: A Day at the Races
2: A Night at the Opera
3: Monkey Business
4: At the Circus
5: Room Service
6: Duck Soup
7: Go West
8: Animal Crackers
9: Horse Feathers
10: The Big Store
11: Love Happy
I have yet to see A Night in Casablanca or The Cocoanuts
My favorite moment is the Tutsi Frutsi icecream routine from A Day at the Races
Of the ones I've seen:
1. Duck Soup
2. Monkey Business
3. Animal Crackers
4. A Night at the Opera
5. A Day at the Races
6. Horse Feathers
7. A Night in Casablanca
8. The Cocoanuts
I dont understand why its is so highly rated. A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races and Duck Soup were much better movies in my opinion.
shareIt's so highly rated because not everyone shares your opinion.
"And now, I'm going back in the closet...where men are empty overcoats..."
It's so highly rated because it rules. Simple as that.
shareActually......on the second watch, the rating is justified. This is Groucho's best performance, and the script is fantastic. The reason why I didnt like it as much was because it was driven more by dialogue more than the ridiculous slapstick and punnery of Duck Soup, Night At The Opera and Day At The Races. Also, when you watch something when you are sleepy, you tend not to pay as much attention to detail.
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Why on earth have you put "Room Service" below "Love Happy"?
Because I like Chico better than Groucho, and Chico has no funny lines in Room Service and bunches of them in Love Happy. Actually, I think that Love Happy was just an overall better movie than both Room Service and The Big Store. Why?
Because - I - just - do.
"And now, I'm going back in the closet...where men are empty overcoats..."
I see. I didnt know it was because of a particular character. I thought Harpo was weak in "Love Happy" because he would have benefited from the support of Chico and Groucho more. I dont think he can do it all himself. He needs props, and other characters to play off in order for his jokes to be effective.
I agree; I think Harpo was definitely weaker in Love Happy than most of his other films, but I think he was weakest in Room Service. That script was adapted from a Broadway play, and there was originally no character for Harpo, so he was just sort of shoehorned into it. He only pops in now and again, and the schtick he's working with just isn't up the par (That little squeaking baby-doll thing just seems pointless). I far prefer seeing him riding the Mobil pegasus, and sticking a string of sausage up the nose of a guy in a bull costume, in Love Happy. (That's just me, of course.)
"And now, I'm going back in the closet...where men are empty overcoats..."
IMHO, Harpo is good in Love Happy. Maybe not as good as in the others, but he is good. There are other people around him who helps the gags work (especially the bad guys).
shareHaving watched all the Marx Bros. movies over the past few months, I'll say that my favorite Marx Brox. film is "Duck Soup" and least favorite is "Go West."
It's too hard to put them all in order (best to worst). But, I did like their first ones with Irving Thalberg at MGM. And, I think "At the Circus" is underrated. I really enjoyed a lot of scenes in that movie including the visit to the midget's private car on the train and the song Lydia the Tattooed Lady.
1. Duck Soup
2. Horse Feathers
3. A Night at the Opera
4. Animal Crackers
5. A Day at the Races
6. Monkey Business
7. The Cocoanuts
8. A Night in Casablanca
9. Room Service
10. At the Circus
11. The Big Store
12. Go West
13. Love Happy
1. A Night at the Opera
2. A Day at the Races
3. Duck Soup
4. Go West
5. At the Circus
6. Horse Feathers
7. Monkey Business
8. The Cocoanuts
9. Love Happy
10. Animal Crackers
11. The Big Store
12. A Night in Casablanca
13. Room Service
I'm more fond of the MGM films, because they're more sketch-oriented, whereas the George Kaufman-esque plays are a little more like actual plays. They make it more difficult to fast-forward through the love story, which is ABSOLUTELY essential when watching Go West or At the Circus. Or any of the films, really, in my personal opinion.
Interesting. I would like to know which ones are MGM and which are George Kaufman-esque plays?
shareThe Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers were co-written by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind for Broadway, and they also adapted them for the screen. They also wrote the script for A Night at the Opera.
The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers and Duck Soup were filmed at Paramount Studios. Then the Marxes moved to MGM and made A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races.
They were loaned out to RKO-Radio Pictures in 1938 to make Room Service, then came back to MGM to make At the Circus, Go West and The Big Store. Their final two films, A Night in Casablanca and Love Happy, were released through United Artists Pictures.
Hope there's some information in there you can use!
"And now, I'm going back in the closet...where men are empty overcoats..."
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1. Animal Crackers
2. Horse Feathers
3. Duck Soup
4. Monkey Business
5. A Night at the Opera
6. A Day at the Races
7. The Big Store
8. At the Circus
OOCH IM BEHIND!
I didn't know that these existed... (bar go west)... let alone seen them! :(
(goes to find them on region 2) Are these ones out on dvd yet? I think i saw love happy on a box set and was confused once...
The Cocoanuts
Room Service
Go West
A Night at Casablanca
Love Happy
Only rating the ones I've seen recently
1. A Night at the Opera
2. The Cocoanuts
3. A Night in Casablanca
4. Room Service
5. Animal Crackers
6. Duck Soup
I have vague memory of seeing A Day at the Races, At the Circus, The Big Store & Go West as a kid, but only remember glimpses.
I have never seen Monkey Business, Horse Feathers nor Love Happy
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The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers and Duck Soup were filmed at Paramount Studios. Then the Marxes moved to MGM and made A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races.
I thought The Cocoanuts was filmed on a stage in New York?Yes, both Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers were filmed in New York studios. I suppose I should've said the first five were "released through" Paramount. But Monkey Business, Horse Feathers and Duck Soup were all filmed in California.
If the first five were released through Paramount, why did Universal release it on DVD rather than Paramount?
shareFinally saw Love Happy so now I can give my list:
1. A Night at the Opera
2. Duck Soup
3. A Day at the Races
4. Monkey Business
5. Animal Crackers
6. Horse Feathers
7. At the Circus
8. The Coconuts
9. A Night in Casablanca
10. The Big Store
11. Love Happy
12. Go West
13. Room Service
A Day at the Races is really underrated. Most people only think of A Night at the Opera being any good when they talk about the MGM films, but I thought "Races" was a classic as well. The Paramount films are classics, of course. At the Circus and Casablanca weren't great but they were still pretty funny. I had a tough time ranking The Big Store, Love Happy, and Go West since I think they're all equally good (not that great, but they all had their moments). Room Service was the worst.
Yes, this is the exact correct order. A Night at the Opera is the funniest movie ever made. The room-packing scene alone makes it so.
Mediocre Marx Brothers is better than no Marx Brothers!
1. Duck Soup
2. A Night at the Opera
3. Horsefeathers
4. Monkey Business
5. A Day at the Races
6. Animal Crackers
7. The Cocoanuts
8. A Night in Casablanca
9. At the Circus
10.Room Service
I Haven't seen Love Happy, Go West, or the Big Store yet.
I can see you right now in the kitchen, bending over a hot stove. But I can't see the stove.
1. Animal Crackers
2. Duck Soup
3. A Night at the Opera
4. Horse feathers
5. A Day at the Races
6. Monkey Business
7. The Big Store
8. The Cocoanuts
9. A Night at Casablanca
10. Room Service
11. Go West
12. Love Happy
13. At the Circus
On a personal note I think I like the Big Store more than your average Bros. fan. For the life of me I don't understand how some Marx Bros' fans can think it's 'bad' at all.
1. Duck Soup
2. A Night at the Opera
3. Animal Crackers
4. Horse Feathers
5. A Day at the Races
6. A Night in Casablanca
7. Monkey Business
8. The Cocoanuts
9. The Big Store
10. At the Circus
11. Go West
12. Room Service
13. Love Happy
I don't know what it is about The Big Store, but some people just love it. Personally, I find a lot of it tedious, though I wouldn't part with the scene in Groucho's office, and the Chico-Harpo piano number. But I'm a minority of one in my family on this issue. My children put it among their favorites, and have probably seen it more than any other Marx Brothers film. My wife also reports it was her favorite when she was growing up, and her parents like it too -- maybe it's a genetic thing. I suppose I should just be thankful to have married into a family of committed Marxists. (And I'm not just referring to the Brothers Marx -- my wife has some relatives who were leading Communists in the 40s and 50s.)
-- TopFrog
1. Duck Soup
2. A Night at the Opera
3. Horse Feathers
4. Monkey Business
5. Animal Crackers
6. The Coconuts
7. A Day at the Races
8. Go West
9. A Night in Casablanca
10. At the Circus
11. Room Service
12. Love Happy
13. The Big Store
Duck soup is my idea of pure, unadulterated Marx Bros. with too many hilarious scenes to recount. A Night at the Opera is just a hair below that. I actually rank Horse Feathers and Monkey Business as pretty close to a tie. I love Thelma Todd. What can I say?
I've seen Animal Crackers less than the others, except A Night in Casablanca. I rank it about equally with the previous two, but upon further review, I might raise it to a higher ranking. A Day at the Races is about a real too long, and although Ivie Anderson is one of my favorite singers, that whole sequence could have been eliminated.
Go West is marred by two things: stretching legs and Groucho yelling "Timber!" About the only thing that saves A Night in Casablanca for me is the Frank Tashlin gag of Harpo actually holding up the building. At the Circus has Groucho singing Lydia the Tatooed Lady and not much more going for it.
Somebody mentioned how annoying the doll was in Room Service. I crack up every time I hear the repeated "Ah..." from the doctor and the "Ma" from the doll. I guess I'm easily amused. It's a shame that the likes of Lucille Ball and Ann Miller were completely wasted in this movie.
Love Happy is supposed to be a tour de force for Harpo, I guess. It didn't work. As for The Big Store, exactly what do the gags have to do with the Marx Bros. brand of comedy. MGM obviously didn't know what to do with them.
Thelma Todd is wonderful. Have you ever seen any of her Hal Roach shorts with Zasu Pitts?
1. Duck Soup
2. Animal Crackers
3. Monkey Business
4. Horse Feathers
5. The Cocoanuts
6. A Night at the Opera
7. A Day at the Races
8. A Night in Casablanca
9. Love Happy
10. At the Circus
11. Go West
12. The Big Store
13. Room Service
1. A Night at the Opera
2. Duck Soup
3. Monkey Business
4. Animal Crackers
5. Horse Feathers
6. A Day at the Races
7. A Night in Casablanca
8. The Cocoanuts
9. At the Circus
10. Room Service
11. The Big Store
12. Go West
13. Love Happy
The first 5 are so close to me that order doesn't matter that much.
I just finished Love Happy for the first time last night and while it is decent it really felt like Marx Brother's lite.
I feel A Night in Casablanca is underrated.