Duck Soup
Available on DVD:
Duck Soup (1933)
- DVD, Region 1: Universal, 2004 / included in the "Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection" (see below)
Released in 1933, this political satire is thought by many as their greatest movie. Rufus T. Firefly, Pinkie, Chicolini, and Bob Rolland defend Mrs. Teasdale and Freedonia's honor. Contains the classic mirror sequence, the hotdog stand and the climatic battle scene is not to be missed. (J. Bradley Main)
FIREFLY: To my dentist. Er .. 'Dear Dentist: Enclosed find cheque for five hundred dollars. Yours very truly.' Send that off immediately.
BOB:I'll ... er I'll have to enclose the cheque first.
FIREFLY: You do and I'll fire you.
In "Harpo speaks" one of the pictures is captioned, "Innocent Bystander watches Edgar Kennedy and small friend exchange slow burns, in 'Monkey Business'." The "small friend" is Billy Barty. The scene with Barty was cut before the film was released.
Related Links
Sounds
- "These are the Laws of My Administration" at http://members.tripod.com/Cleo256/marx
- Enter his Excellency
- "Chico, secretary of war"
- The Trial
Quotes
General
- The different scripts for "Duck Soup" at Mikael Uhlin's "Marxology"
- Plot line and quotes at http://www.filmsite.org
Cast:
| Groucho Marx | Rufus T. Firefly | ||
| Harpo Marx | Pinky | ||
| Chico Marx | Chicolini | ||
| Zeppo Marx | Bob Roland | ||
| Margaret Dumont | Mrs. Gloria Teasdale | ||
| Louis Calhern | Ambassador Trentino | ||
| Raquel Torres | Vera Marcal | ||
| Edgar Kennedy | Lemonade Dealer | ||
| Edmund Breese | Zander | ||
| William Worthington | First Minister of Finance | ||
| Edwin Maxwell | Secretary of War | ||
| Leonid Kinskey | Agitator | ||
| Verna Hillie | Secretary | ||
| George MacQuarrie | First Judge | ||
| Fred Sullivan | Second Judge | ||
| Davison Clark | Second Minister of Finance | ||
| Charles B. Middleton | Prosecutor | ||
| Eric Mayne | Third Judge | ||
| Dale van Sickel | A Palace Guard | ||
| Blanca | Pinky's Horse | ||
| Dennis O'Keefe | extra | ||
| E.H. Calvert |
| Director | Leo McCarey | ||
| Written by | Bert Kalmar | ||
| Harry Ruby | |||
| Nat Perrin (additional dialogue) | |||
| Arthur Sheekman (additional dialogue) | |||
| Music | Bert Kalmar | ||
| Harry Ruby | |||
| Cinematography | Henry Sharp | ||
| Editor | LeRoy Stone | ||
| Art director | Hans Dreier | ||
| Wiard B. Ihnen | |||
| Musical advisor | Arthur Johnston | ||
| Chief sound mixer | H.M. Lindgren | ||
| Producer | Herman J. Mankiewicz | ||
| Production company / Distribution | Paramount Productions / Paramount Distributing (A Paramount Picture) | ||
| Runtime | 70 min. | ||
| New York Premiere | 22 Nov 1933 | ||
| Release date | 24 Nov 1933 | ||
| Featured in | Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) | ||
| Veillees d'armes (1994) | |||
| Spanish title | Sopa De Ganso | ||
| French title | La Soupe au canard | ||
| German title | Die Marx Brothers im Krieg | ||
| Swedish title | 4 Fula Fiskar | ||
| Italian title | La guerra lampo dei fratelli Marx | ||
| Finnish title | Neljä naurettavaa naapuria | ||
| Extracts published on Super 8 titled | This is War |
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