Summary
The cocoanuts: Groucho as a hotel owner, Harpo and Chico as con men.Animal crackers: Loosely centers around a painting stolen during a house party.
Monkey business: Running from the authorities the Marx Brothers stowaway on a luxury liner where they encounter and become bodyguards for rival gangsters.
Horsefeathers: Professor Quincy Wagstaff has just been installed as the new president of Huxley College.
Duck soup: To rescue the small country of Freedonia from bankruptcy, Mrs. Teasdale agrees to donate 20 million dollars if Rufus T. Firefly is appointed its new president.
Contents
The cocoanuts / Paramount Pictures ; screen adaptation by Morrie Ryskind ; produced by Walter Wanger ; directed by Joseph Santley and Robert Florey (94 min. ; 1929)Animal crackers / Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Morrie Ryskind ; directed by Victor Heerman (98 min. ; 1930)
Monkey business / Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Arthur Sheekman ; from a story by S.J. Perelman, Roland Pertwee and W.B. Johnstone ; produced by Herman J. Mankiewicz ; directed by Norman Z. McLeod (78 min. ; 1931)
Horse feathers / Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and S.J. Perelman ; directed by Norman McLeod (68 min. ; 1932)
Duck soup / Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby ; additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin ; directed by Leo McCarey (69 min. ; 1933).
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Presidents
-- Drama.
College presidents -- Drama. Explorers -- Drama. Comedy films. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Universal City, CA :Universal Studios Home Entertainment,2013 |
| Edition | Full screen. |
| Other Titles | Animal crackers (Motion picture : 1930) Horse feathers (Motion picture) Duck soup (Motion picture) Cocoanuts (Motion picture) Monkey business (Motion picture : 1931) Animal crackers. |
| Contributors |
Ryskind, Morrie,
1895-1985, screenwriter. Wanger, Walter, film producer. Santley, Joseph, 1889-1971, film director. Florey, Robert, 1900-1979, film director. Heerman, Victor, 1893-1977, film director. Sheekman, Arthur, 1901-1978, screenwriter. Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904-1979, screenwriter. Pertwee, Roland, 1885-1963, screenwriter. Johnstone, W. B., screenwriter. Mankiewicz, Herman J. (Herman Jacob), 1897-1953, film producer. McLeod, Norman Z., 1898-1964, film director. Kalmar, Bert, 1884-1947, screenwriter. Ruby, Harry, screenwriter. Perrin, Nat, screenwriter. McCarey, Leo, film director. Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977, actor. Marx, Harpo, 1888-1964, actor. Marx, Chico, 1887-1961, actor. Marx, Zeppo, 1901-1979, actor. Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989, composer. Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961. Animal crackers. Paramount Pictures, Inc., production company. Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx. |
| Other Contributors |
The cocoanuts: Music, Irving Berlin. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
English In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
| Notes |
Title from container. "The cocoanuts" originally released as a motion picture in 1929; "Animal crackers" originally released as a motion picture in 1930; "Monkey business" originally released as a motion picture in 1931; "Horse feathers" originally released as a motion picture in 1932; "Duck soup" originally released as a motion picture in 1933. Animal crackers: Based on the musical play by George S. Kaufman, Bert Kalmar, Morrie Ryskind and Harry Ruby. Special features: 3 vintage interviews from The Today Show with Harpo, Groucho and William Marx featuring rarely seen home movies. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; single layer; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (407 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |