cult film freak: OUT TO SEA FOR THE ZEPPO/MARX BROTHERS 'MONKEY BUSINESS'

Written by James M. Tate / 6/14/2024 / No comments / chico marx , comedy , franchise , groucho marx , harpo marx , marx brothers , thelma todd , thirties , zeppo marx

OUT TO SEA FOR THE ZEPPO/MARX BROTHERS 'MONKEY BUSINESS'

6/14/2024 | No comment

Year: MONKEY BUSINESS Year: 1931 Rating: **1/2

One of the first five Marx Brothers films featuring youngest brother Zeppo, usually cast as a romantic sidebar being more handsome and move star-looking than tough-type Chico, physical-comic/brilliant musician Harpo and one-liner leader Groucho, here in MONKEY BUSINESS aboard a luxury-liner ship and, while romancing semi-regular blonde ingenue Thelma Todd (along with brunette Ruth Hall), the boys are up to a lot of...

Well the title says it all... as this isn't one of the better Marx flicks, with Zeppo actually taking part in the physical hijinkx with his comedic siblings instead of playing the straight man... the latter position where he fits best, needed far more for the guys to play off or against than along with, wherein four's kind of an unnecessary crowd.

Groucho, Harpo and Zeppo Marx in MONKEY BUSINESS

Zeppo Marx in MONKEY BUSINESS

Groucho Marx in MONKEY BUSINESS

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