At the Circus
Available on DVD:
At the Circus (1939)
- DVD, Region 1: Warner Home Video, www.marxbrothersdvd.com, May 2004 / double-sided DVD, also contains 'Room Service'
Special Features (side B):
(for side A see 'Room Service)
Short: Our Gang in 'Dog Daze'
Cartoon 'Jitterbug Follies'
Theatrical trailer
(only available as part of the "Marx Brothers Collection", see below)
Groucho stars as professional shyster Lawyer J. Cheever Loophole in this 1939 release. The boys are trying to save the circus and again look to Margaret Dumont to provide the dough. Groucho sings one of his most famous songs "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady". (J. Bradley Main)
LOOPHOLE: I'll bet your father spent the first year of your life throwing rocks at the stork.
Related Links
Sounds
- "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" at http://members.tripod.com/Cleo256/marx
Quotes
- "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" at http://members.tripod.com/Cleo256/marx
- "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady"
Cast:
| Groucho Marx | J. Cheever Loophole | ||
| Harpo Marx | Punchy | ||
| Chico Marx | Antonio Pirelli | ||
| Margaret Dumont | Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury | ||
| Kenny Baker | Jeff Wilson | ||
| Florence Rice | Julie Randall | ||
| Eve Arden | Peerless Pauline | ||
| Nat Pendleton | Goliath | ||
| Fritz Feld | Jardinet | ||
| James Burke | John Carter | ||
| Jerry Marenghi | Little Professor Atom | ||
| Barnett Parker | Whitcomb | ||
| Frank Orth | Chef in Diner | ||
| Emory Marnell | Ringmaster | ||
| Irving Bacon | Telegraph office clerk | ||
| Matt McHugh | Cab Driver | ||
| Willie Best | Redcap | ||
| Charles Gemora | Gibraltar | ||
| Buck Mack | Checker Player | ||
| Frank Darien | Telegrapher |
| Director | Edward Buzzell | ||
| Written by | Irving Brecher | ||
| Ben Hecht (uncredited) | |||
| Cinematography | Leonard M. Smith | ||
| Music | Harold Arlen | ||
| Lyricist | E.Y. Harburg | ||
| Musical director | Franz Waxman | ||
| Art directors | Cedric Gibbons | ||
| Stan Rogers | |||
| Set decorator | Edwin B. Willis | ||
| Editor | William H. Terhune | ||
| Vocal and orchestral Arrangements | Murray Cutter | ||
| George Bassman | |||
| Ken Darby | |||
| Dance director | Bobby Conolly | ||
| Costume design | Dolly Tree (women) | ||
| Valles (men) | |||
| Recording director | Douglas Shearer | ||
| Assistant director | Sandy Roth | ||
| Producer | Mervyn LeRoy | ||
| Production company / Distribution | Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer (Loew's Inc.) | ||
| Runtime | 87 min. | ||
| Release date | 20 Oct 1939 | ||
| New York opening | 16 Nov 1939 | ||
| Spanish title | Una tarde en el circo | ||
| French title | Un jour au cirque | ||
| German title | Die Marx Brothers im Zirkus | ||
| Swedish title | En dag på cirkusen | ||
| Italian title | Tre pazzi a zonzo | ||
| Finnish title | Päivä sirkuksessa |
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