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Article: Groucho and Leo in the soup.(REEL WORLD)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)(Critical Essay)
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- USA TODAY
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- July 1, 2005
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THE MARX BROTHERS' "Duck Soup" (1933) is one of the watershed films of American cinema. No less a comedy artist than Woody Allen calls it "probably the best talking comedy ever made," and uses an extended clip from it to anchor one of his own later classics--"Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986). Director Leo McCarey's greatest contribution to "Duck Soup" was the mirror sequence, where Harpo (with a painted on moustache, a la Groucho) doubles as his brother's nightgown-attired reflection.
To uncover this famous scene's origins, it is worthwhile to look into McCarey's professional relationship with Charley Chase, who was one of the great--but neglected--clowns of ...
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Transcript: Duck Soup: Take One Fiscal Crisis, Boil Merrily
NPR Morning Edition;
October 10, 2008 ;
700+ words
... ... SIEGEL NPR Morning Edition 10-10-2008 Duck Soup: Take One Fiscal Crisis, Boil Merrily ... some economic territory. BOB MONDELLO: Duck Soup, the Marx Brothers comedy made in 1933 ... MONDELLO: The Depression-era writers of Duck Soup could joke about this stuff because after ...
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