Monday, January 17, 2011

AT THE CIRCUS

At the Circus
MGM, 1939, B/W, 87 minutes
Released October, 1939

More Marx Brothers antics as the boys try to save circus owner Kenny Baker's big top from bankruptcy. The high point is Groucho's rendition of "Lydia the Tattooed Lady." With Margaret Dumont.

Producer: Mervyn Leroy
Director: Edward Buzzell
Screenplay: Irving Brecher
Musical Score: Franz Waxman
Song Score: E.Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen
Choreography: Bobby Connolly
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons
Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
Mens's Costume Design: Valles
Women's Costume Design: Dolly Tree
Cinematography: Leonard Smith
Editor: William H. Terhune

Cast: Groucho Marx [Attorney Loophole], Chico Marx [Antonio], Harpo Marx [Punchy], Kenny Baker [Jeff Wilson], Florence Rice [Julie Randall], Eve Arden [Peerless Pauline], Margaret Dumont [Mrs. Dukesbury], Nat Pendleton [Goliath], Fritz Feld [Jardinet], James Burke [John Carter], Jerry Marenghi [Little Professor Atom], Barnett Parker [Whitcomb], Irving Bacon [Telegraph Clerk], Willie Best [Redcap]

Musical Program: Step Up and Take a Bow; Two Blind Loves (Kenny Baker and Florence Rice); Lydia the Tattooed Lady (Groucho Marx); Swingali; Blue Moon; Oh! Susannah

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