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The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection (Five-Disc Set) On DVD

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Actor:           Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont                                                                                                                     
Director:      Norman Z. McLeod, Victor Heerman, Joseph Santley, Robert Florey, Leo McCarey
Genre:          Comedy
Year:             N/A
Studio:          Universal Home Video
Length:         405
Released:    November 9, 2004
Rating:          Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:         DVD
Misc:              NTSC, Black & White
Language:    English
Subtitles  :    French, Spanish


DESCRIPTION:

There will be a debate of which 2004 DVD collection of Marx Brothers films was better. This Universal release of the better known Paramount-produced films are the only ones starring all four brothers: Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo. The Warner collection contains less-vital films, but is loaded with extras and commentaries. The Universal collection contains only 20 minutes of interviews from NBC's Today Show--interesting but short--with Harpo, Groucho, and Harpo's son Bill from the '60s and '70s. All of the films in this collection were released on DVD by Image Entertainment in 2000 and the prints look the same, which isn't necessarily bad; one just wishes a major restoration had been undertaken.

 

The films--packaged handsomely with a booklet--are essential Marx Brothers, their first five films made from 1929 to 1933. The least timeless is their first, The Cocoanuts, based on their Broadway hit. The film--one of the first full talkies--takes place in a hotel with owner Groucho out to grab every dollar. Animal Crackers is the brothers' first classic, a lickety-split comedy about an art theft being investigated by Groucho's alter-image, Captain Spaulding. For introducing youngsters to the work of Marx, Monkey Business is the best way. The shenanigans start right at the start as the brothers stowaway on a luxury liner. It's their first film that wasn't based on a play, as they endeavored to find new material. Horse Feathers gave them more fertile ground plus a sure-fire Hollywood director at the helm (Norman McLeoad). Their fantasia of college life includes the riotous football-game finale. Music, always a key part of their plays and films is given more weight here and includes Groucho's theme, "I'm Against It." Music is again key as the musicals of the era are spoofed in the brothers' undisputed masterpiece, Duck Soup. From a land called Fredonia, Groucho plays a slapdash ruler who rewrites the rules of governing, leading to a most memorable war with Sylvania (so war gets lampooned. too). Duck Soupalso boasts the most famous Marx brothers sketch: Groucho trying to fool his mirror.

 


Special Features:

Disc 1 - Duck Soup:

  • Theatrical Trailer


  • Disc 2 - Horse Feathers:
  • Theatrical Trailer


  • Disc 4 - Animal Crackers:
  • Theatrical Trailer


  • Disc 6:
  • Today Show Interview with Harpo Marx (1961)
  • Today Show Interview with Groucho Marx (1963)
  • Today Show Interview with William Marx (1985)


  • Actor:           Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont                                                                                                                     
    Director:      Norman Z. McLeod, Victor Heerman, Joseph Santley, Robert Florey, Leo McCarey
    Genre:          Comedy
    Year:             N/A
    Studio:          Universal Home Video
    Length:         405
    Released:    November 9, 2004
    Rating:          Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
    Format:         DVD
    Misc:              NTSC, Black & White
    Language:    English
    Subtitles  :    French, Spanish


    DESCRIPTION:

    There will be a debate of which 2004 DVD collection of Marx Brothers films was better. This Universal release of the better known Paramount-produced films are the only ones starring all four brothers: Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo. The Warner collection contains less-vital films, but is loaded with extras and commentaries. The Universal collection contains only 20 minutes of interviews from NBC's Today Show--interesting but short--with Harpo, Groucho, and Harpo's son Bill from the '60s and '70s. All of the films in this collection were released on DVD by Image Entertainment in 2000 and the prints look the same, which isn't necessarily bad; one just wishes a major restoration had been undertaken.

     

    The films--packaged handsomely with a booklet--are essential Marx Brothers, their first five films made from 1929 to 1933. The least timeless is their first, The Cocoanuts, based on their Broadway hit. The film--one of the first full talkies--takes place in a hotel with owner Groucho out to grab every dollar. Animal Crackers is the brothers' first classic, a lickety-split comedy about an art theft being investigated by Groucho's alter-image, Captain Spaulding. For introducing youngsters to the work of Marx, Monkey Business is the best way. The shenanigans start right at the start as the brothers stowaway on a luxury liner. It's their first film that wasn't based on a play, as they endeavored to find new material. Horse Feathers gave them more fertile ground plus a sure-fire Hollywood director at the helm (Norman McLeoad). Their fantasia of college life includes the riotous football-game finale. Music, always a key part of their plays and films is given more weight here and includes Groucho's theme, "I'm Against It." Music is again key as the musicals of the era are spoofed in the brothers' undisputed masterpiece, Duck Soup. From a land called Fredonia, Groucho plays a slapdash ruler who rewrites the rules of governing, leading to a most memorable war with Sylvania (so war gets lampooned. too). Duck Soupalso boasts the most famous Marx brothers sketch: Groucho trying to fool his mirror.

     


    Special Features:

    Disc 1 - Duck Soup:

  • Theatrical Trailer


  • Disc 2 - Horse Feathers:

  • Theatrical Trailer


  • Disc 4 - Animal Crackers:

  • Theatrical Trailer


  • Disc 6:

  • Today Show Interview with Harpo Marx (1961)
  • Today Show Interview with Groucho Marx (1963)
  • Today Show Interview with William Marx (1985)


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