Groucho claimed she never understood the jokes. But you can see she's having fun here, and in the piano scene she's having a hard time holding things together with Groucho's one liners.
@@melenatorr I think Groucho did that on purpose. She was one of those classically trained actors who was very good at not breaking character, so I reckon Groucho thought it would be even funnier if audiences didn't think she was in on the joke.
The Mark Brothers actually had a vaudeville act & as well worked on Broadway before moving on to Hollywood - serendipitously for the world at large. Thanks for posting your video.
That was just a rumour Groucho and her made up. I'm not sure why. Maybe they figured audiences would think it was funnier if the actress was as straight as the character. But no, they absolutely loved working with her because she understood comic timing so well.
@@alyssajones4368 Yes, Harold Vanderbilt (an American railroad executive) is credited with creating contract bridge in 1925. He introduced key innovations to the previously existing game of auction bridge at that time.
I don't understand anything about this bridge game but I like Chico's smile and laugh. The big lady is lovely and the young beautiful lady looks very stylish with her hairdo and dress. It looks like Chico and Harpo are cheating the two ladies with the bridge game. Poor young lady loses her shoes to Harpo and doesn't try to take them back. Chico is very cute with his smile and laugh. It's sad that they all passed away long time ago. What a nostalgia!
Margaret DuMont was playing a grand Dame way older. When she was called back to work in the 1950’s to work for Groucho and the Hollywood Theatre in the Dr. Livingston Act (on RU-vid) she was in her 80’s and really the age she was portraying in the 1930’s movies. She also was playing a fictitious roll based of Mrs. Edward Stotesbury as Mrs. Dukesbury. The Doris Duke name and the Stotesbury name combined because Jimmy Cromwell (son of Eva S. had just married Doris Duke. These were the Kardashian’s of the early 20th century.
I was playing poker with my friends and for fun I wanted to deal the cards like Harpo to see if anyone would notice sure enough, they all got the joke but it took a little bit for them to notice what I was doing
It was because he got a horrible review for his part in a vaudeville act one time. The critic said, "The marx brother that did pantomime made a memorable allusion, however it was dashed to the rocks when he opened his mouth to speak." So he decided never to speak in his act again. This was info directly from his son on David Letterman in 1985(which can be seen on YT).
Margaret Dumont is sorting her cards before the deal has been completed. You are not supposed to pick up your cards until the dealing is finished. How uncouth!
It's the end what makes this scene, as funny as they are playing bridge Harpo ends up pinching & wearing the woman on the lefts shoes and no one notices 😂
Out of the Paramount films they did- most say Duck Soup is their most nearly perfect film- but low key tho'- Animal Crackers could give it a run for their money and was probably the only film Ms. Dumont looked like she was tickled by the Marx Brothers antics
I'd still liked to know how harpo learned to play beautifully on the harp!?!? That would b 1 of my favorite parts..... But the dialogue between chico & Harpo......IF Harpo would have spoken..... It would have ruined the running of the film! Brilliant!
