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Article: Marx Brothers' Hits Remain A Good Deal
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- The Washington Post
- 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 the ever-present 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 is
made up of "The Cocoanuts" (1929), "Animal Crackers" (1930), "Monkey
Business" (1931), "Horse Feathers" (1932) and "Duck Soup" (1933). The
re-packaged cassettes have a suggested retail price of $14.98 each.
The first Marx Brothers movie, "The ...