A Day At The Races details
| Format: | U DVD |
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| Starring: | Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Margaret Dumont, Esther Muir |
| Director: | Sam Wood |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Name | Discs | |
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A Day At The Races |
U Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 45 minutes |
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| Rental release: | Currently unavailable |
| Main languages: | English |
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Rubbish
By MrRaffles from beds , 27 Jul 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
If you think you are getting marx bros films, then forget it, i have had 1 2 & 3 not one film, all interviews and game shows.
Give them a miss and wait till bbc shows the reruns and video them.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(14)A day at the races
By Miriam from Ealing, London , 25 Aug 2010A good Marx Brothers comedy,
spoilt by the inclusion of two dance routines
in the style of Busby Berkeley and Jazz/Rock,
which were out of character with a comedy.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Top Marx
By ZiggyTheKid (86 reviews) from Dundee , 04 Mar 2010One of the funniest of the Marx Brothers comedies; lots to laugh at here; highlights being a balloon sketch and a fantastic horserace, there is also time out for a great little song and dance number.- Was this review helpful to you?
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get this one
By jason palmer from near london,england , 16 Aug 2006I have seen about 2 other marx brothers films ( a night in casablanca, night at the opera ) and this is the best one by far so far.
A little dated, with the cultural / racist class system in place BUT tis a superb film, lots of entertainment in one box.- Was this review helpful to you?
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High Marx for this one
By Cato (705 reviews) from Lydbury North , 11 May 2006The boys are very much on form in this daft horsey caper. The actual day of the races doesn't really come alive till the last ten minutes, but we're treated to lots of silly sub plots and musical interludes in true Marxist fashion. I particularly liked Harpo's piano demolition, quite a filmic feat in 1937. Margaret Dumont gives her usual matronly support (did you know she was completely bald and wore a wig all the time?) and Maureen O'Sullivan (the mother of Mia Farrow) plays the sweet young thing. A good entry in the Marx catalogue.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Marx brothers expose the immaturity of the cinema of that era
By Adam Thomson from Dover England , 16 Apr 2006The Marx brothers created one of the pillars of cinema history, so watching their movies these days is bound to be from a perspective of ingrained familiarity. The brothers themselves are always a class act, but their performances in A Day At The Races - in particular - only served to highlight the sheer banality of the screenplay and ineptitude of the rest of the cast, and the cinematic conventions of the time. We have to be grateful that the Marx brothers were revolutionaries; their films are always enjoyable - but it has to be said that their films would be nothing without them.- Was this review helpful to you?
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