This is a fast , furious , and riotous visual comedy that children and adults will find fun. Relentlessly comical and noisy comedy with musical interludes that still works at times , but definitely sub-standard Marxism movie . Relatively late and therefore far from great , in which Groucho , Chico and Harpo find themselves mixed in an intrigue at a large mall in which they can barely hoodwink or subvert and to a script which is only spasmodically amusing. Here the Marxmen on the loose in the world's dizziest department store. The Phelps Department Store is about to be sold by its new part owner, -Tommy Rogers (Tony Martin)- whose grirfriend is a department employee (Virginia Grey)- , with the permission of co-owner Martha Phelps (Margaret Dumont). The current manager, Mr. Grover (Douglass Dumbrille), doesn't want this, as the irregularities in the books will show up. When an attempt is made on Tommy's life, Martha enlists the worst detective in the world to protect him: Wolf J. Flywheel (Grouch Marx) in an incredibly moth-eaten fur coat. So Groucho Marx with the invaluable help of Harpo and Chico, organize a monumental chaos in all the floors of the department store. Howl . . . And Farewell ! Their Last Picture . . . And Their Best !. The big new musical comedy! .With gorgeous girls! Cute cut-ups!. Lovely lasses! Song hits galore! 1000 laughs to a customer, sale on howls! Sensational close-out on roars! Special fun and music bargains !. Hurry hurry every laugh must go! No mail or phone orders please! Beauties and cuties! Where everything is a good buy. Good-bye!. The big musical show! Come early! 1000 laughs to every customer! (Howls...among the kitchenware! Squeals...in ladies' lingerie! Laughs...in the bed department! Hysterics...in the bargain basement! Melody...as Tony Martin sings new heart-throbbing hit tunes!. Gorgeous Girls! Uproarious Fun!
Late Marx Brothers in which they are private eyes in a large Metropolitan department store, foiling a hostile takeover and preventing a murder. This is a humorous and funny comedy with gorgeous girls, uproarious fun and a Big Musical Show with a slapstick final. Amusing and spasmodic comedy with the three comic geniuses acting in their stereotyped roles by relinquishing creative control and concentrating on humor based on destruction and wreak havoc , nice inventive bits , skilfully combining the entertainment with the amusement. The best scene comes early on, with Groucho entertaining Margaret Dumont in his office, despite clouds of smoke emanating fron desk. It features quick editing , wild and outrageous gags , and extremely odd angles. Enjoyable film with characters genuine and sympathetic, it is plenty of humor , tongue-in-cheek , sight gags, chaos and mayhem. And director Charles Reiner introduces some early special effectsin the crazy action. Cinematic especial techniques in animated cartoon style , such as odd camera angles, montage and quickly paced editing to be copied many years later by Frank Tashlin and Jerry Lewis in "Who's Minding the Store?" (1963) . Their last MGM effort, with some good moments between the Tony Martin song numbers which include ¨If it's you¨, and the immortal ¨Tenement Symphony¨ and Groucho also leds the ¨Sing while you sell¨number. Along with the great Marx Brothers, showing up Margaret Dumont in her seventh and final film teaming.
Other important films starred by Marx Brothers -many of them Broadway farce plays transfered by scenarists into vehicle for the Brothers- are the following ones : ¨Animal crackers¨, ¨Duck soap¨ that was a flop when first released but today considered a masterpiece , ¨Horse Feathers¨, ¨At the circus¨, ¨A night at the Opera¨,¨Day at the races¨, ¨Room service¨ , ¨Love Happy¨, ¨Go West¨ and ¨Night in Casablanca¨, though in 1941 the Marx formula was some weak and wearing thin. Any film with Groucho , Chico , Harpo and Margaret Dumont is well worth seeing. Rating : 6.5/10.
Late Marx Brothers in which they are private eyes in a large Metropolitan department store, foiling a hostile takeover and preventing a murder. This is a humorous and funny comedy with gorgeous girls, uproarious fun and a Big Musical Show with a slapstick final. Amusing and spasmodic comedy with the three comic geniuses acting in their stereotyped roles by relinquishing creative control and concentrating on humor based on destruction and wreak havoc , nice inventive bits , skilfully combining the entertainment with the amusement. The best scene comes early on, with Groucho entertaining Margaret Dumont in his office, despite clouds of smoke emanating fron desk. It features quick editing , wild and outrageous gags , and extremely odd angles. Enjoyable film with characters genuine and sympathetic, it is plenty of humor , tongue-in-cheek , sight gags, chaos and mayhem. And director Charles Reiner introduces some early special effectsin the crazy action. Cinematic especial techniques in animated cartoon style , such as odd camera angles, montage and quickly paced editing to be copied many years later by Frank Tashlin and Jerry Lewis in "Who's Minding the Store?" (1963) . Their last MGM effort, with some good moments between the Tony Martin song numbers which include ¨If it's you¨, and the immortal ¨Tenement Symphony¨ and Groucho also leds the ¨Sing while you sell¨number. Along with the great Marx Brothers, showing up Margaret Dumont in her seventh and final film teaming.
Other important films starred by Marx Brothers -many of them Broadway farce plays transfered by scenarists into vehicle for the Brothers- are the following ones : ¨Animal crackers¨, ¨Duck soap¨ that was a flop when first released but today considered a masterpiece , ¨Horse Feathers¨, ¨At the circus¨, ¨A night at the Opera¨,¨Day at the races¨, ¨Room service¨ , ¨Love Happy¨, ¨Go West¨ and ¨Night in Casablanca¨, though in 1941 the Marx formula was some weak and wearing thin. Any film with Groucho , Chico , Harpo and Margaret Dumont is well worth seeing. Rating : 6.5/10.