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If You are interested in acquring any of the movies, follow this link Humorisk (aka Humor Risk or Humoresque) 1920
This is (supposedly) a silent one reel film. Some sources place it in the same time as The Cocoanuts stage run (1925) but Groucho himself (in "the Groucho Phile") places it in 1920-1921. It was shot in New York, New York and some scenes in Fort Lee, New Jersey. It was never released and, according to Groucho: "It was never finished and it wasn´t very good. Fortunately there are no copies avaliable". It is rumored however that Groucho once offered $50,000 for a copy. The completed reel was shown in a matinée in the Bronx to an audience of youngsters. Their lack of interest ensured the films withdrawal.
Cast:
The Cocoanuts 1929
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Producer | : Monta Bell |
Director | : Joseph Santley and Robert Florey |
Camera | : George Folsey |
Screenplay | : ? |
Music and lyrics by Irvin Berlin.
Cast:
Groucho Marx | Mr. Hammer |
Harpo Marx | Harpo |
Chico Marx | Chico |
Zeppo Marx | Jamison |
Mary Eaton | Polly Potter |
Oscar Shaw | Bob Adams |
Margaret Dumont | Mrs. Potter |
Kay Francis | Penelope |
Cyril Ring | Harvey Yates |
Basil Ruysdale | Hennessey |
Sylvan Lee | head bellhop |
Alan K. Foster Girls | ballet dancers |
Gamby-Hall Girls | bellhops |
Released by Paramount 6 September 1930.
8764 ft, 98 minutes.
Producer | : ? |
Director | : Victor Heerman |
Camera | : George Folsey |
Screenplay | : Morrie Ryskind |
Cast:
Groucho Marx | Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding |
Harpo Marx | The professor |
Chico Marx | Signor Emanuel Ravelli |
Zeppo Marx | Horatio W. Jamison |
Lillian Roth | Arabella Rittenhouse |
Margaret Dumont | Mrs. Rittenhouse |
Louis Sorin | Roscoe W. Chandler |
Hal Thompson | John Parker |
Margaret Irving | Mrs. Whitehead |
Kathryn Reece | Grace Carpenter |
Robert Grieg | Hives |
Edward Metcalfe | Hennesey |
The Music Masters | six footmen |
Florine McKinley | Peggy |
Ben Taggart | Policeman |
Released by Paramount 19 September 1931.
6947 ft, 77 minutes.
Producer | : Herman Mankiewics |
Director | : Norman Z. McLeod |
Camera | : Arthur L. Todd |
Screenplay | : S. J. Perleman, Will B. Johnstone |
Cast:
Groucho Marx | Groucho |
Harpo Marx | Harpo |
Chico Marx | Chico |
Zeppo Marx | Zeppo |
Rockcliffe Fellowes | Joe Helton |
Harry Woods | Alky Briggs |
Thelma Todd | Lucille Briggs |
Ruth Hall | Mary Helton |
Tom Kennedy | Gibson |
Otto Fries | Second mate |
Ben Taggart | Captain |
Evelyn Pierce | manicurist |
Vince Barnett | man in deckchair |
Maxine Castle | opera singer |
Leo Willis | gangster |
Sam 'Frenchie' Marx | dockside onlooker |
Released by Paramount 19 August 1932.
6367 ft, 63 minutes.
Producer | : Herman Mankiewicz |
Director | : Norman Z. Mcleod |
Camera | : Ray June |
Screenplay | : Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, S. J. Perleman and Will B Johnstone |
Songs:
by Bert Kalmar and Henry Ruby
Cast:
Groucho Marx | Professor Quincy Flagstaff |
Harpo Marx | Pinky |
Chico Marx | Baravelli |
Zeppo Marx | Frank Flagstaff |
Thelma Todd | Connie Bailey |
David Landau | Jennings |
Reginald Barlow | retiring President |
James Pierce | Mullen |
Nat Pendelton | McCarthy |
Robert Grieg | Professor |
Edward J. LeSaint | Professor |
Edgar Deering | bartender |
Vince Barnett | customer |
Florine McKinley | Peggy |
Ben Taggart | Policeman |
Released by Paramount 17 November 1933.
70 minutes.
Producer | : ? |
Director | : Leo McCarey |
Camera | : Henry Sharp |
Screenplay | : Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby |
Songs:
By Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby.
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 |
Edmund Breese | Zander |
Leonid Kinsky | agitator |
Charles B. Middleton | prosecutor |
Edgar Kennedy | lemonade vendor |
Released by M-G-M 15 November 1935.
8438 ft, 93 minutes.
Producer | : Irving Thalberg |
Director | : Sam Wood |
Camera | : Merrit B. Gerstad |
Screenplay | : George S. Kaufmann and Morrie Ryskind |
Songs:
Cast:
Groucho Marx | Otis B. Driftwood |
Harpo Marx | Tomasso |
Chico Marx | Fiorello |
Kitty Carlisle | Rosa Castaldi |
Allan Jones | Ricardo Baroni |
Walter Woolf King | Rudolfo Lasparri |
Margaret Dumont | Mrs. Claypool |
Siegfried Rumann | Herman Gottlieb |
Edward Keane | ship´s captain |
Robert Emmet O´Connor | Henderson |
Leo White Rolf Sedan Jay Eaton |
visiting aviators |
Otto Fries | Otto |
Billy Gilbert | orchestra leader |
Released by M-G-M 11 June 1937.
9824 ft, 109 minutes.
Producer | : Irving Thalberg |
Director | : Sam Wood |
Camera | : Joseph Ruttenberg |
Screenplay | : Robert Pirosh, George Seaton |
Songs:
By Bronislau Kaper, Walter Jurmann/Gus Kahn.
Cast:
Groucho Marx | Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush |
Harpo Marx | Stuffy |
Chico Marx | Antonio |
Maureen O´Sullivan | Judy Standish |
Allan Jones | Gil Stewarti |
Margaret Dumont | Mrs. Emily Upjohn |
Douglas Dumbrille | Morgan |
Leonard Creeley | Whitmore |
Esther Muir | Flo Marlow |
Sig Rumann | Dr. Leopold X. Steinberger |
Robert Middlemass | Sheriff |
Released by RKO 30 September 1938.
78 minutes.
Producer | : Pandro S. Berman |
Director | : William A. Seiter |
Camera | : J. Roy Hunt |
Screenplay | : Morrie Ryskind |
Cast:
Groucho Marx | Gordon Miller |
Harpo Marx | Faker Englund |
Chico Marx | Harry Bienelli |
Lucille Ball | Christine Marlowe |
Frank Albertson | Leo Davis |
Ann Miller | Hilda Manny |
Cliff Dunstan | Joe Gribble |
Donald MacBride | Wagner |
Philip Loeb | Timothy Hogart |
Philip Woods | Simon Jenkins |
Alexander Asro | Sasha Smirnoff |
Charles Halton | Dr. Glass |
Released by M-G-M 20 October 1939.
7812 ft, 90 minutes.
Producer | : Mervyn LeRoy |
Director | : Edward Buzzell |
Camera | : Leonard M. Smith |
Screenplay | : Irving Brecher |
Songs:
By E. Y. 'Yip' Harburg and Harold Arlen.
Cast:
Groucho Marx | J. Cheever Loophole |
Harpo Marx | Punchy |
Chico Marx | Antonio |
Kenny Baker | Jeff Wilson |
Florence Rice | Julie Randall |
Margaret Dumont | Mrs. Susanna Dukesbury |
Eve Arden | Peerless Pauline |
James Burke | John Carter |
Nat Pendelton | Goliath |
Jerry Marenghi | Professor Atom |
Fritz Feld | Jardinet |
Barnett Parker | Whitcomb |
Charles Gemora | Gibraltar |
Released by M-G-M 6 December 1940.
7227 ft, 79 minutes.
Producer | : Jack Cummings |
Director | : Edward Buzzell |
Camera | : Leonard Smith |
Screenplay | : Irving Brecher |
Songs:
Cast:
Groucho Marx | S Quentin Quale |
Harpo Marx | Rusty Panello |
Chico Marx | Joseph Panello |
John Carroll | Terry Hunter |
Diana Lewis | Eve Wilson |
Walter Woolf King | John Beecher |
Robert Barrat | Red Baxter |
June MacCloy | Lulubelle |
Tully Marshall | Dan Wilson |
George Lessey | railroad President |
Mitchel Lewis | Pete |
Iris Adrian | Mary Lou |
Joan Woodbury | saloon Girl |
Arthur Houseman | drunk |
Released by M-G-M 20 June 1941.
7492 ft, 83 minutes.
Producer | : Louis K. Sidney |
Director | : Charles F. Reisner |
Camera | : Charles Lawton |
Screenplay | : Sid Kuller, Hal Fimberg and Ray Golden |
Songs:
Cast:
Groucho Marx | Wolf J. Flywheel |
Harpo Marx | Wacky |
Chico Marx | Ravelli |
Tony Martin | Tommy Rogers |
Virginia Grey | Joan Sutton |
Margaret Dumont | Martha Phelps |
Douglass Dumbrille | Grover |
William Tannen | Fred Sutton |
Marion Martin | Peggy |
Virginia O'Brien | Kitty |
Henry Armetta | Guiseppi |
Anna Demetrio | Maria |
Paul Stanton | George Hastings |
Russel Hicks | Arthur Hastings |
Bradley Page | Duke |
Released by United Artists 10 May 1946.
7655 ft, 85 minutes.
Producer | : David . Loew |
Director | : Archie L. Mayo |
Camera | : James van Tries |
Screenplay | : Joseph Fields and Roland Kibee |
Song:
By Ted Snyder, Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby.
Cast:
Groucho Marx | Ronald Kornblow |
Harpo Marx | Rusty |
Chico Marx | Corbaccio |
Charles Drake | Lt Pierre Delmar |
Lois Collier | Annette Bernard |
Sig Rumann | Count Pfferman/Heinrich Stubel |
Lisette Verea | Beatrice Riener |
Lewis Russel | Governor |
Dan Seymour | captain Brizzard |
Frederick Giermann | Kurt |
Harro Meller | Emile |
David Hoffman | spy |
Paul Harvey | Mr Smythe |
Released by United Artists 3 March 1950.
7694 ft, 85 minutes.
Producer | : Lester Cowan |
Director | : David Miller |
Camera | : William C. Mellor |
Screenplay | : Frank Tashlin and Mac Benoff |
Cast:
Groucho Marx | detective Sam Grunion (narrator) |
Harpo Marx | Harpo |
Chico Marx | Faustino the Great |
Ilona Massey | madame Egilichi |
Vera Ellen | Maggie Phillips |
Marion Hutton | Bunny Dolan |
Raymund Burr | Alphonse Soto |
Melville Cooper | Throckmorton |
Paul Valentine | Mike Johnson |
Leon Belasco | Mr Lyons |
Eric Blore | Mackinaw |
Bruce Gordon | Hannibal Zoto |
Marilyn Monroe | Grunion´s client |