The Big Store
Available on DVD:
The Big Store (1941)
- DVD, Region 1: Warner Home Video, www.marxbrothersdvd.com, May 2004 / double-sided DVD, also contains 'Go West'
Special Features (side B):
(for side A see 'Go West')
Short: Pete Smith Speciality 'Flicker Memories'
Cartoon 'Officer Pooch'
Audio only musical outtake: 'Where There's Music'
Theatrical trailer
(only available as part of the "Marx Brothers Collection", see below)
Groucho is attorney Wolf J. Flywheel, Harpo is his sidekick Wacky and Chico is Ravelli, the bodyguard, in this 1941 release. Groucho investigates the shady dealings of a crooked dept. store owner. This was the last of the 9 films in which Margaret Dumont would appear with the Marxes. (J. Bradley Main)
WOLF: Martha, dear, there are many bonds that will hold us together through eternity.
MARTHA: Really, Wolf? What are they?
WOLF: Your Government Bonds, your Savings Bonds, your Liberty bonds.
Cast:
| Groucho Marx | Wolf J. Flywheel | ||
| Harpo Marx | Wacky | ||
| Chico Marx | Ravelli | ||
| Margaret Dumont | Martha Phelps | ||
| Douglass Dumbrille | Mr. Grover | ||
| Tony Martin | Tommy Rogers | ||
| Virginia Grey | Joan Sutton | ||
| William Tannen | Fred Sutton | ||
| Marion Martin | Peggy Arden | ||
| Virginia O'Brien | Kitty | ||
| Henry Armetta | Giuseppi | ||
| Anna Demetrio | Maria, Giuseppi's wife | ||
| Paul Stanton | George Hastings | ||
| Russell Hicks | Arthur Hastings | ||
| Bradley Page | Duke | ||
| Charles Lane | Finance company man | ||
| Dewey Robinson | Detective | ||
| Adrian Morris | Piano mover | ||
| Edgar Dearing | Store commissionaire | ||
| Clara Blandick | Customer sseking record | ||
| Pierre Watkin | Bedding Department manager | ||
| All Hill | Gangster | ||
| George Lloyd | Gangster | ||
| William Newell | Press phtographer | ||
| Milton Kibbee | Press phtographer | ||
| Charles Holland | |||
| Harry Bradley |
| Director | Charles Reisner (credited as Charles Riesner) | ||
| Written by | Hal Fimberg | ||
| Ray Golden | |||
| Sid Kuller | |||
| Nat Perrin (story) | |||
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. | ||
| Art director | Cedric Gibbons | ||
| Stan Rogers | |||
| Set decorator | Edwin B. Willis | ||
| Editor | Conrad A. Nervig | ||
| Musical director | George E. Stoll | ||
| Songs "Sing While You Sell", "Tenement Symphony" | Hal Borne (music) | ||
| Sid Kuller (lyrics) | |||
| Hal Fimberg (lyrics) | |||
| Song "If It's You" | Artie Shaw (lyrics) | ||
| Milton Drake (lyrics) | |||
| Ben Oakland (music) | |||
| Musical Adaptation | Earl K. Brent | ||
| Vocal and orchestrations | Leo Arnaud | ||
| George Bassman | |||
| Herb Taylor | |||
| Robert Van Eps | |||
| Dance director | Arthur Appell | ||
| Recording director | Douglas Shearer | ||
| Assistant director | Sandy Roth | ||
| Producer | Louis K. Sidney | ||
| Production company / Distribution | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Loew's Inc.) | ||
| Runtime | 83 min. | ||
| Release date | 20 Jun 1941 | ||
| New York opening | 26 Jun 1941 | ||
| Spanish title | Tienda de locos | ||
| French title | Les Marx au grand magasin | ||
| German title | Die Marx Brothers im Kaufhaus | ||
| Swedish title | En dag på varuhhuset | ||
| Italian title | Il Bazar delle follie | ||
| Finnish title | Päivä tavaratalossa |
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