Until the halfway point or so, A Day at the Races moves quite well. Sure, it gets off to a slow start–introducing Chico as sidekick to Maureen O’Sullivan and setting up her problems (her sanitarium is going out of business), which isn’t funny stuff. I think Allan Jones even shows read more
A Day at the Races
Directed by Sam Wood
Written by Robert Pirosh, George Seton, and George Oppenheimer
1937/USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Repeat viewing Although I thought a lot of the many, many musical sequences dragged down the pace of this, the Marx Brothers continued to score with me in the co read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 16, 2013
Starring The Marx Brothers, the film begins with a pretty young lady who owns a sanitarium near a racetrack. In danger of closing, she brings in a new doctor named Hackenbush (who specializes in horses) and at the same time her love buys a race horse. A powerful man wants the place closed down so he read more
Um dia nas corridas / A day at the races (1937) Como um cavalo pode ajudar a salvar um sanatório? Ganhando uma importante corrida. E se os envolvidos nessa corrida forem um trio tão maluco quanto os divertidos irmãos Marx? O médico veterinário Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx) é chamado read more
Um dia nas corridas / A day at the races (1937) Como um cavalo pode ajudar a salvar um sanatório? Ganhando uma importante corrida. E se os envolvidos nessa corrida forem um trio tão maluco quanto os divertidos irmãos Marx? O médico veterinário Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx) é chamado read more
A Day at the Races (1937) Why is it that Marx Brothers movies are crafted in a way that they could nearly be classified as musicals? Although the men themselves offer no notable vocal talents, their movies often had supporting actors who might go off on a song or two. In A Day at the Races, read more
Um dia nas corridas / A day at the races (1937) Como um cavalo pode ajudar a salvar um sanatório? Ganhando uma importante corrida. E se os envolvidos nessa corrida forem um trio tão maluco quanto os divertidos irmãos Marx? How can a horse save an asylum? By winning an important race. And read more
