Monkey Business

United States

1931

77 Min

Black and White

1.20:1

English

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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SCR S.J. Perelman, Will B. Johnstone, Arthur Sheekman, Ben Hecht, Roland Pertwee

CAST Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Ruth Hall, Tom Kennedy

MUSIC John Leipold, Ralph Rainger

Synopsis

While stowing away on a ship to America, the boys get involuntarily pressed into service as toughs for a pair of feuding gangsters while trying desparately to evade the ship’s crew. After arriving stateside, one of the gangsters kidnaps the other’s daughter – and it’s up to our unlikely heroes to save the day. —IMDb

Director

Norman Z. McLeod

Norman Zenos McLeod (September 20, 1898 – January 27, 1964) was an American film director, cartoonist and writer.

McLeod made several successful and influential movies such as Taking A Chance (1928), Monkey Business (1931), Horse Feathers (1932), Alice in Wonderland (1933), Topper (1937) and Merrily We Live (1938). Other memorable films directed by McLeod includes It’s a Gift (1934) with W. C. Fields, and the Danny Kaye comedy The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) and The Paleface starring Bob Hope (1948).

His nickname, as recorded on a publicity still on the set of Monkey Business, was “Macko.”

He was educated at the University of Washington and spent two years as a fighter pilot in the Army Air Service in France during World War I. He was married to Evelyn Ward. He died, aged 65, following a stroke. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. —Wikipedia

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zondabez

15Feb13

Passados 80 anos, os Irmãos Marx ainda têm piada! A influência do quarteto vai longe na comédia, da Chanchada a Os trapalhões - sem esquecer Chaves, claro. "Monkey business" é um bom exemplo do conjunto de situações cômicas, organizadas como esquetes, que se sucedem: o que está mesmo em jogo é a graça das situações nada realistas - o roteiro aqui é só o mote, a palavra de duplo sentido vale mais que mil imagens!