Groucho conducts his classic land auction sequence.
Groucho is the manager of a bankrupt hotel hoping to sucker a wealthy matron (Margaret Dumont, Groucho’s favorite foil - she’s been dubbed “the fifth Marx Brother” by fans) when a pair of incompetent con men (Chico and Harpo) upset his ploy. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, set amidst the Florida land boom. They made their film debut in the cinematically stiff but comically anarchic adaptation of their stage hit The Cocoanuts (1929), a satire written by George S. The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection (Universal, Blu-ray) presents the respective Blu-ray debuts of five classics films starring the four original Marx Brothers: Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo.
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