The Marx Brothers get the colour treatment in what many consider their best film. Enjoy some highlights of Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo in this early pre-code comedy.
People don't realize that they started creating special effects in film almost immediately after it was invented. They literally spliced celluloid film by hand, one frame at a time, in order to achieve this effect
I read somewhere that the dog coming out of the doghouse was state of the art special effects at the time , with other studios trying to figure out just how they did it.
My fave, I think from A Night at the Opera, is them looking over a contract. Chico asks, "What's this?" "That's the Sanity Clause." "Hey, you can't fool me, I know there's no Sanity Claus." My father and I still refer to the fat man in the red suit as "Sanity Claus."
Duck Soup is my favorite Marx Brothers movie, renowned for being Zeppo's final film. He retired from performing at the ripe age of 32, last seen by moviegoers throwing things at Margaret Dumont as she sang the Freedonia national anthem. Not a bad way to end a career.
Groucho Marx gave an explanation as to why the movie was called "Duck Soup". "Take two turkeys, one goose, four cabbages, but no duck, and mix them together. After one taste, you'll duck soup the rest of your life."
@@electrictroy2010 Perhaps if you viewed it in red/blue Cinecolor, they'd look all less wrong? This was, after all, the age before three-strip Technicolor.
@@electrictroy2010 The wig is actually *blonde* but his characters are always described as redhaired. In stage shows, he wore a red wig but it didn't show up as well in black and white so they switched it to a blonde wig to make it look better and they just implied red in dialogue.
@@electrictroy2010 It's not destroying anything, the original will always be available and be the definitive version. This is an entertaining novelty for those of us who've seen the film a thousand times.
These productions with colorized old films I loved all my life give me chance to share them with my grandkids in little bites they can appreciate - great editing for the very best bits. Great job! I thank you.
It's been fifty years since I first saw this film, which is a longer gap of time from its premiere to that moment I first witnessed the film in the eighth grade. The wonderful thing is the color is pretty much exactly as I imagined it from the French blue army uniforms, to Chico's green hat and jacket, and Harpo's fiery orange hair. It was wonderful, and now the moment has passed. I'll just stare into the mirror, that isn't there, looking wistfully at myself, that isn't me. And wonder will I ever have towels that aren't dark ever again?
In 1971 at my apartments clubhouse when I was ten years old they used to show The Marx Brothers and also Abbott & Costello films on a 16mm projector on Saturday afternoons. I am glad I was allowed the opportunity. Renting a film was not cheap, and this was over tens years before videocassettes.
It was red in their first film, 'The Coconuts' ss it had been red in their stage shows. Howerever, when they saw 'The Coconuts' they realised that the red wig didn't show up very well in black and white so after that he always wore a blonde one but within the story his hair was still supposed to be red. Other characters often referred to him as the red headed one. In 'The Story of Mankind' which is in colour he wears a red wig again.
I always thought it mustve been really difficult to work with the marx brothers. They were on a different level. Way ahead of their time. Still the best!
Nice! The Marx Bros translate well in this technology, as the humor has a little Sunday Funnies quality to it anyway. About 25 years ago I saw "A Night at the Opera" colorized on TBS, and I thought, cool, we'll probably see that version for sale on video in a few months. Instead, it seemed to disappear, and I never saw the colorized version again.
This is really cool! I've always wondered what it would look like in color. I confess I prefer the black and white, but this brought a smile to my face and answered an old curiosity of mine. Thank you!
Some people also call it "colorization" when a movie remake has competent nonwhite actors playing roles that are not historically plausible or not the way the original writer intended it.
Im probably the youngest person in the comments section judging by everyones comments, but i first watched this movie when i was 9 (2014), and watched it again this year (2023), im 18 and its so funny even today, i only watched this movje along with monkey business as they were in a bundle and glad to finally see this movie in colour
Hey, That's a what I could use right now! A nice big bowl of surreal! Well, why don't you you ask your Dada to buy you some? He can't afford it... He's too Baroque! I guess that's a Poor Trait to have to exhibit! If you're going to be a Marx Brothers fan, you should learn to think like one! But be careful, bad puns could be awful enough to give you an Art Attack!
Last week here in the UK on Radio 2 saturday early evening Lydia was played on the radio .in 1979 the BBC showed a series of the Marx Brothers film and the last film to be shown was A Day at The Races and guess what happened the final reel was shown twice no digital back then , people though they were seeing the same thing again now this is true and at the end of the film , we have to say there was a mix up The good old BBC said we were caught with the eggs on our faces, the brothers themselves must been watching from upabove
@@robertkincaid ...and you couldn't come up with ONE joke in your reply? I did an entire 'bit' and even came up with original material! Brexit must have really taken the humor out of you people! It seems the the one thing you all could use right now is a "Chaplin!" I'd rather have a 'Tramp' than a 'Trump' any day! Please come up with something! I'd hate to have to get a tailor to cut this thread!
@@h.r.gerrard2960 i had a terrible childhood my parents could not understand me they were Japanese i went to my doctor and he told me your due some pills he said would you like me to put them in a box , yes i said it would save from rolling all the way home, whats the different between Walt Disney and Bing Crosby , Bing sings Walt Dis-ney a Scottish joke there
Now that I think of it this seems like it’s from a trailer or something where they advertised this re release that was colorized I doubt the guy even has it
@@byHexted You're correct about that "Hexted" if they do it will get taken down but I might be able to download it to my computer before it gets taken down as I have done in the past.
Funny, all the years watching it in black&white, and now seeing it in color, I realized my brain was automatically putting in the colors all along. This is exactly how I've always pictured it. Great job. Just remember, before colonizing a movie, ask yourself if it would improve the movie or not. For example, The Longest Day. The director intentionally chose to shoot it in b&w because he wanted a documentary feel to it. Noir style movies, like Casablanca or The Maltese Falcon, shouldn't be colorized - it would detract from the feel of them. Musicals, comedies, westerns, sure, no question. Dramas, especially Crime dramas, as well as Mystery/Suspense need to be looked at on a case by case basis. SciFi, Fantasy, and Monster movies should be mostly good, but there might be one or two exceptions. Anyway, that's just my thoughts as a serious movie buff. If the technology was available and the budget didn't matter, would the director have gone with color, or stayed with b&w? That's the real question. Of course, with today's technology, doing a mix of the two, like they did in the 1939 Wizard of Oz, would be a piece of cake. Just Sayin'
a flop in 1933 now considered to be one of their best. on second thought I'll dance with the cows 'til you come home." I love how Harpo get the best of Edgar Kennedy.
I used to be against colourising black and white movies because they always look awful. But the technology has come a long way. This is a fun experiment and we always have the black and white original. It really feels like the type of colour they would have in those 30s early colour films I have seen. Looks very authentic.
Great seeing the colours. Love the Marx brothers films. Especially the film with Harpo and Groucho do the mirror sketch. It's really clever stuff and hilarious. 👍😂😅
I'd could dance with you until the Cow's come home. But on second thought I'd rather dance with the Cow's than than you come home. Here's five dollars keep it under your hat. Nevermind I'll keep it under my hat. The Four Marx Brothers were comedy legends
Harpo was always my favorite. It was explained why he didn't talk, because he didn't have a voice for comedy. There's a tiny clip of him whispering to someone at a funeral & it's true 😮😬😖
amazing work!! I've been wanting to see a colorized marx movie for years!! by any chance you will not have the entire movie in color? You would make me the happiest person in the world!!
@@SlickArmor I feel very sorry for you xD, but I know it's not me you 're disgusted with, but don't give up, i'm sure one day your mother will love you ;)
One of the Marx Brothers zaniest films. The funniest bit was when Harpo got even with a bullying street vendor by washing his feet in the guy's vat of lemonade. 😂
Super cool to see this favorite since childhood in a new light, and awesome job on the color work, but to me it feels bizarre. To me it's like a grilled cheese made with aged gruyere and caviare, maybe it's better but so foreign to what I remember.
Pre-Code Hollywood refers to films made before the Motion Picture Production self-censorship organization was created by the film studios in 1934. It's called the "Hays Code" after Will Hays, a minister, who was the first president of the MPPDA and forid depictions of sex, violence, profanity, etc.
My all time favorite is when he's ordering trenches to be dug: "Build them up to the waist, and we can save money on pants, actually, build them up to the necks, and they won't need any uniforms. Matter of fact, build them over their heads, and we won't need any soldiers." I butchered it, but that's the jist of it.
There is no better than any of this I'm.only 49,,,but the writing and humor is far beyond today's crap god love my father to introducing me to this and all there movies n laurel n hardy and Charlie Chaplin and jack Benny to name a few in those eras. So glad to watch them n what a waste watching today's crap .no comparison God Bless Alll
Occasionally back turn my high school days they would play Marx brothers on TV but was really special was all us guys/girls together in a couple cars call the way down to Los Angeles to Hollywood or Westwood or whatever to watch a Marx brothers film festival Back them gas was only about $.25 a gallon
