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Title The Marx Brothers. Silver screen collection / Paramount Pictures ; producer, Monta Bell ; directed by Leo McCarey, Norman McLeod, Robert Florey, Joseph Santley.

Publication Info. Universal City, CA : Universal, [2004]

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 Moore Video  PN1995.9.C55 M376 2004    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 6 DVDs (approximately 405 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium monochrome
Description digital
optical
mono
Dolby digital 2.0
video file
DVD video
region 1
System Details DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono, single-layer, single-sided.
Note Title from container.
Cast Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Thelma Todd, Rockliffe Fellowes, Lillian Roth, Oscar Shaw.
Credits Directors of photography, Henry Sharp, Ray June, Arthur L. Todd, George Folsey ; music, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Irving Berlin.
Note "Duck soup" originally released as a motion picture in 1933; "Horse feathers" originally released as a motion picture in 1932; "Monkey business" originally released as a motion picture in 1932; "Animal crackers" originally released as a motion picture in 1930; "The cocoanuts" originally released as a motion picture in 1929.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
Summary "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. "Horse feathers": Professor Quincy Wagstaff has just been installed as the new president of Huxley College. "Monkey business": While stowing away on a ship to America, the boys get involuntarily pressed into service as toughs for a pair of feuding gangsters. "Animal crackers": Captain Spaulding, the noted explorer, returns from Africa and attends a gala party held by Mrs. Rittenhouse. "The cocoanuts": Mr. Hammer runs a bankrupt hotel in Florida, where he will try anything to make money.
Note Special features: theatrical trailers to each movie (except "The cocoanuts") included on each disc.
Contents Duck soup / Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby -- Horse feathers / Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, S.J. Perelman, Will B. Johnstone -- Monkey business / S.J. Perelman, Will B. Johnstone -- Animal crackers / Morrie Ryskind -- Cocoanuts / Morrie Ryskind.
Language English or dubbed Spanish dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Subject Presidents -- Drama.
Presidents.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject College presidents -- Drama.
College presidents.
Explorers -- Drama.
Explorers -- Drama.
Explorers.
Genre/Form Comedy films.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Slapstick comedy -- Feature.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Added Author McCarey, Leo.
McLeod, Norman Z., 1898-1964.
Florey, Robert, 1900-1979.
Santley, Joseph, 1889-1971.
Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977.
Marx, Harpo, 1888-1964.
Marx, Chico, 1887-1961.
Marx, Zeppo, 1901-1979.
Dumont, Margaret, 1882-1965.
Sharp, Henry, 1892-1966.
June, Ray, 1898-1958.
Todd, Arthur L.
Folsey, George J., 1898-1988.
Kalmar, Bert, 1884-1947.
Ruby, Harry.
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989.
Paramount Publix Corporation.
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation.
ISBN 0783255489
Standard No. 025192125027
Music No. 21250 Universal