Sequence in which Harpo and Chico stage a break-in at Mrs Teadale's Two-reeler released in 1927) and the very Laurel & Hardy-like Including the title (which had been used for a Laurel & Hardy & Hardy at Hal Roach's studio, and he contributed more Zeppo and Groucho singing it with Raquel and - why not? - Thelma.ĭirector Leo McCarey had worked with Laurel It's a lovely tune and I can just imagine (where Wheeler & Woolsey performs it withĭorothy Lee and Thelma Todd). Used instead for the following year's Wheeler & Woolsey comedy Hips, Scripted romance between Zeppo and Raquel Torres and with it a Receiving an "additional dialogue"-credit. Show were transplanted into the script, with Perrin and Sheekman That fifteen routines from the Flywheel-radio
MARX BROTHERS WHY A DUCK CRACKED
It was clearly a continuation of Kalmar-Ruby's Firecrackers/ Cracked Duck Soup's script wasĬompleted on 11 July. The Marxes would make a new comedy for Paramount, called Duck The New York Post reported on 17 May that Heart attack, and shortly afterwards, the dispute with Paramount was On, the Marxīrothers' beloved father Sam "Frenchie" Marx died in Los Angeles of a In February Paramount announced that the title had been changed toĪnd that filming was set back to 20 February. Story line of what would become Duck Soup had been According to Wesolowski, the script reveals that the basic (98 pages, provided by Marie Sunny), and Paramount announced thatįebruary. On 18 January 1933 Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar and Grover Zeppo is Groucho's son, but that was changed very late in production,Īs is evident from the first radio trailer. Opposed to Frankenstein and Amnesia in this supposed first version. Second draft the names Trentino and Sylvania are established, as In both versions, Groucho is named Rufus T. Presented in Simon Louvish's book Monkey Business. Second draft) and also a comparision with excerpts from this draft, as This is suggested not only by the changes of the title but also by theĭates in the treatment, the number of pages (27 as opposed to 98 in the Seems to me that this is the obscure first draft of Cracked Turn, is crossed out and replaced by Duck Soup. Item features the original title, Firecrackers,Ĭrossed out and replaced by Cracked Ice, which, in Pages of this treatment is presented on this site (see below). Which he had bought at auction several years ago for $ 25. Wrote about an orginal typewritten copy of the first treatment for Duck Grover Jones also contributed to the first draft by Kalmar and Ruby.įebruary 2000, I was contacted by fellow Marxonian Kevin Kusinitz. Supervise production, beginning in January. It was 4 October before Arthur Sheekman, Bert Kalmar and Harry Rubyīegan writing the screenplay for the next Paramount film, which was nowĬalled Firecrackers. Time talk of casting them in their radio characters for the new film. Series written by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman and there was at one Was also working with Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel, During the winter of 1932-33, Groucho and Chico The first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize, with Norman McLeod leaving Their first independant film was to be Of Thee I Sing, That money due the Marxes would never be paid and the contractualĭispute culminated in the team threatening to go it alone as Marxīros., Inc. A reorganization of Paramount Pictures brought fears But this was a turbulent period in the Marxīrothers career. Reported that production should commence in five weeks with Ernst This early stage, the story (provisionally entitled Oo La La) Preview, the studio announced on 2 August that they should rush outĪnother film with the Marx Brothers while they were hot. Was Paramount's biggest hit of 1932 and after a wildly successful