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Encore Entertainment Monkey Business Rare NEW Encore LaserDisc Marx Comedy

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The Marx Brothers and Thelma Todd in...

Monkey Business

Encore Edition

( Catalog Number 40172 )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (NTSC)

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Original Theatrical Trailer

Monkey Business
1931 - 77 min. - Black and White
Genre: Comedy
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
The madcap Marx Brothers stowaway on a luxury cruise ship in this fast-paced, laugh-filled farce. While they manage to elude capture by the ship's captain and crew by staging impromptu puppet shows and hiding in herring barrels, getting off the boat is another matter. Before long they're all impersonating Maurice Chevalier in order to disembark and begin their new careers as mob bodyguards.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
The first Marx Brothers film to be written directly for the screen (its authors included S. J. Perelman, Arthur Sheekman and Will B. Johnstone), Monkey Business is also the merry Marxes' first Hollywood production. Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo are brilliantly cast as four stowaways on an ocean liner, bound for New York. As our heroes endeavor to elude dimwitted First Mate Gibson (Tom Kennedy), each of the brothers gets involved in an adventure of his own. Groucho finds himself in a menage a trois with gangster Alky Briggs (Harry Briggs) and Briggs' sexy wife Lucille (Thelma Todd); Harpo joins a "Punch and Judy" puppet show, driving the ship's crew into a frenzy of confusion; Chico hires himself out as bodyguard to retired bootlegger Joe Helton (Rockliffe Fellowes); and Zeppo romances Joe's pretty daughter Mary (Ruth Hall). Once they've arrived in New York, the Marx boys head to Helton's Long Island mansion, where, after the obligatory harp-and-piano musical interludes, the fearsome foursome team up to rescue Mary from her kidnappers. There are far too many wonderful moments in Monkey Business to detail here, but highlights include Groucho's initial confrontation with Alky Briggs ("With a little study, you'll go a long way, and I wish you'd start now!") and his romantic tete-a-tetes with Lucille ("Come with me, and we'll lodge with my fleas in the hills -- er, flee to my lodge in the hills"); Harpo and Chico's attempts to shave a sleeping barbershop customer ("You know what, partner? I think we give-a him one snoop too much"); and the classic setpiece, "borrowed" from the team's early Broadway hit I'll Say She Is, in which all Four Marx Brothers try to slip past the customs officials by posing as Maurice Chevalier! Though not the best of their Paramount features, Monkey Business is still among the funniest Marx Brothers comedies ever made -- and one of the funniest comedies, period. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Cast for Monkey Business

Marx Brothers
Thelma Todd
Ruth Hall
Harry Woods
Tom Kennedy
Ben Taggart
Otto Fries

Crew for Monkey Business

Director Norman Z. McLeod
Screenwriter Arthur Sheekman

Feature Details

Title: Monkey Business
Feature Release Date: 1931
Genre: Comedy
Rating: Not Rated
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 77 Minutes
Picture: Academy Ratio
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV+CAV

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Technical Details

Catalog Number: 40172
UPC: 025192401725
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Collection: Encore Edition
Publisher: MCA/Universal Home Video

Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 40172-N
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Rare Factory-Sealed, LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint Condition

The Marx Brothers and Thelma Todd in...

Monkey Business

Encore Edition

( Catalog Number 40172 )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Original Theatrical Trailer

Monkey Business
1931 - 77 min. - Black and White
Genre: Comedy
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
The madcap Marx Brothers stowaway on a luxury cruise ship in this fast-paced, laugh-filled farce. While they manage to elude capture by the ship's captain and crew by staging impromptu puppet shows and hiding in herring barrels, getting off the boat is another matter. Before long they're all impersonating Maurice Chevalier in order to disembark and begin their new careers as mob bodyguards.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
The first Marx Brothers film to be written directly for the screen (its authors included S. J. Perelman, Arthur Sheekman and Will B. Johnstone), Monkey Business is also the merry Marxes' first Hollywood production. Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo are brilliantly cast as four stowaways on an ocean liner, bound for New York. As our heroes endeavor to elude dimwitted First Mate Gibson (Tom Kennedy), each of the brothers gets involved in an adventure of his own. Groucho finds himself in a menage a trois with gangster Alky Briggs (Harry Briggs) and Briggs' sexy wife Lucille (Thelma Todd); Harpo joins a "Punch and Judy" puppet show, driving the ship's crew into a frenzy of confusion; Chico hires himself out as bodyguard to retired bootlegger Joe Helton (Rockliffe Fellowes); and Zeppo romances Joe's pretty daughter Mary (Ruth Hall). Once they've arrived in New York, the Marx boys head to Helton's Long Island mansion, where, after the obligatory harp-and-piano musical interludes, the fearsome foursome team up to rescue Mary from her kidnappers. There are far too many wonderful moments in Monkey Business to detail here, but highlights include Groucho's initial confrontation with Alky Briggs ("With a little study, you'll go a long way, and I wish you'd start now!") and his romantic tete-a-tetes with Lucille ("Come with me, and we'll lodge with my fleas in the hills -- er, flee to my lodge in the hills"); Harpo and Chico's attempts to shave a sleeping barbershop customer ("You know what, partner? I think we give-a him one snoop too much"); and the classic setpiece, "borrowed" from the team's early Broadway hit I'll Say She Is, in which all Four Marx Brothers try to slip past the customs officials by posing as Maurice Chevalier! Though not the best of their Paramount features, Monkey Business is still among the funniest Marx Brothers comedies ever made -- and one of the funniest comedies, period. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Cast for Monkey Business

Marx Brothers
Thelma Todd
Ruth Hall
Harry Woods
Tom Kennedy
Ben Taggart
Otto Fries

Crew for Monkey Business

Director Norman Z. McLeod
Screenwriter Arthur Sheekman

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