Love Happy
Available on DVD:
Love Happy (1949)
Marilyn Monroe makes her big screen debut in the Marxes last film together. Harpo wrote the story in this 1949 release. He plays himself, while Chico is Faustino the Great, and Groucho is private eye Sam Grunion. The plot has the boys in search of the missing Romanoff diamonds. (J. Bradley Main)
Cast:
| Harpo Marx | Harpo | ||
| Chico Marx | Faustino | ||
| Groucho Marx | Sam Grunion | ||
| Vera-Ellen | Maggie Phillips | ||
| Ilona Massey | Madame Egelichi | ||
| Raymond Burr | Alphonse Zoto | ||
| Melville Cooper | Lefty Throckmorton | ||
| Paul Valentine | Mike Johnson | ||
| Leon Belasco | Mr. Lyons | ||
| Eric Blore | Mackinaw | ||
| Bruce Gordon | Hannibal Zoto | ||
| Marilyn Monroe | Grunion's Client | ||
| Edward Gargan | Cop delivering Harpo | ||
| Otto Waldis | Assasin in Grunion's office | ||
| House Peters Jr. | Clergyman in "Sadie Thompson" numer | ||
| Lois Hall |
| Director | David Miller | ||
| Written by | Frank Tashlin | ||
| Mac Benoff | |||
| Ben Hecht (uncredited) | |||
| Harpo Marx (story) | |||
| Cinematography | William C. Mellor | ||
| Production design | Gabriel Scognamillo | ||
| Set decorator | Casey Roberts | ||
| Film Editing | Al Joseph | ||
| Basil Wrangell | |||
| Music | Ann Ronell | ||
| Musical director (Orchestra conductor) | Paul J. Smith | ||
| Orchestration | Harry Geller | ||
| Production number stager | Billy Daniel | ||
| Photographic effects | Howard A. Anderson | ||
| Costume design | Grace Houston | ||
| Norma | |||
| Men's wardrobe | Richard Bachler | ||
| Make-up | Fred Phillips | ||
| Hair stylist | Scotty Rackin | ||
| Production manager | Ray Heinze | ||
| Presented by | Mary Pickford | ||
| Produced | Lester Cowan | ||
| Production company / Distribution | Artists' Alliance / United Artists | ||
| Runtime | 85 min. | ||
| Release date | 03 Mar 1950 | ||
| New York opening | 07 Apr 1950 | ||
| Spanish title | Amor En Conserva | ||
| Locos de Atar | |||
| French title | La pêche au trésor | ||
| German title | Die Marx Brothers im Theater | ||
| Swedish title | Sardin Mysteriet | ||
| Italian title | Una notte sui tetti | ||
| Finnish title | Sardiinimysteerio |
Click on posters to enlarge
