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Article: Early Marx Films Remain Good Deal
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 6, 1995
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Groucho Marx had a favorite line in his early routines that he used
often. He'd ask, "Wanna buy a deck of cards?"
"Good deal," he'd reply without waiting for anyone to spoil his
gag as he flicked ashes from his cigar.
Now, so many decades later, there's another good deal in the
offing, videos of five classic films of the famous comic brothers
made more than 60 years ago.
"The Marx Brothers Collection" from MCA Universal Home Video
includes "The Cocoanuts" (1929), "Animal Crackers" (1930), "Monkey
Business" (1931), "Horse Feathers" (1932) and "Duck Soup" (1933).
The re-packaged cassettes retail for $14.98 each.
The first Marx Brothers movie, "The Cocoanuts," was a film
version of ...