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Available on DVD:
Monkey Business (1931)
- DVD, Region 1: Universal, 2004 / included in the "Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection" (see below)
- DVD, Region 2: Universal, Germany, 2005 / this contains the same extras - "Today" show interviews with Harpo, Groucho and Bill - as the US "Silver Screen Collection"
The 3rd film released in 1931 was their 1st with a script made for the screen and their 1st made in Hollywood. The boys play 4 stowaways on a cruise ship and the chase is on from the start. This film is hilarious, one of their best, and is most chaotic. (J. Bradley Main)
Opinions are split about whether you can hear Harpo's voice when the stowaways sing "Sweet Adeline".
MAN: What's the idea putting your hand in my pocket
CHICO: Just a little mistake. I had a suit once just looked like that, and for a moment I thought those were my pants.
MAN: How could they be your pants when I've got them on?
CHICO: Well, this suit had two pair of pants.
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Sounds
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Cast:
| Groucho Marx | A Stowaway | ||
| Harpo Marx | A Stowaway | ||
| Chico Marx | A Stowaway | ||
| Zeppo Marx | A Stowaway | ||
| Thelma Todd | Lucille | ||
| Rockliffe Fellowes | Joe Helton | ||
| Tom Kennedy | Gibson | ||
| Ruth Hall | Mary Helton | ||
| Harry Woods | Alky Briggs | ||
| Ben Taggart | Captain Corcoran | ||
| Otto Fries | Second Mate | ||
| Evelyn Pierce | Manicurist | ||
| Maxine Castle | Madame Swempski | ||
| Ethan Laidlaw | Cab Driver at barn | ||
| Sam Marx | Passenger / man on dock | ||
| Eddie Baker |
| Director | Norman Z. McLeod | ||
| Written by | S.J. Perelman | ||
| Will B. Johnstone | |||
| Arthur Sheekman (additional dialogue) | |||
| Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd | ||
| Assistant director | Charles Barton | ||
| Producer | Herman J. Mankiewicz (uncredited) | ||
| Production company / Distribution | Paramount Publix (A Paramount Picture) | ||
| Runtime | 77 min. | ||
| Release date | 19 Sep 1931 | ||
| New York opening | 07 Oct 1931 | ||
| Featured in | That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) | ||
| Twelve Monkeys | |||
| Spanish title | Pistoleros de agua dulce | ||
| Naderías | |||
| French title | Monnaie de singe | ||
| German title | Die Marx Brothers auf hoher See | ||
| Italian title | Quattro folli in alto mare | ||
| Finnish title | Neljä nolattua neroa | ||
| Extracts published on Super 8 titled | The Stowaways |
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