Animal Crackers 1930  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Victor Heerman
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Lillian Roth, Robert Greig, Louis Sorin, Hal Thompson, Margaret Irving
Capt. Jeffrey Spaulding (Groucho Marx) is being honored upon his return from Africa. The party becomes the centerpiece for a scheme to substitute a forgery for a valuable painting. Uproariously funny film. Groucho Marx: "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know."
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 At the Circus 1939  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Margaret Dumont, Kenny Baker, Florence Rice, Eve Arden, Nat Pendleton, Fritz Feld, James Burke, Jerry Maren, Barnett Parker, Irving Bacon, Willie Best, Frank Darien
When circus owner Jeff Wilson (Kenny Baker) is robbed by his partner Carter (James Burke), underhanded lawyer J. Cheever Loophole (Groucho Marx) and circus hands Antonio (Chico Marx) and Punchy (Harpo Marx) step in to save the circus. They encounter a myriad of zany characters and events–Eve Arden plays the Human Fly "Peerless Pauline," and wealthy Mrs. Dukesbury (Margaret Dumont) is shot from a cannon. One highlight of the film is Groucho's rendition of "Lydia the Tattooed Lady."
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The Big Store 1941 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Reisner
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Tony Martin, Virginia Grey, Margaret Dumont, Douglass Dumbrille, William Tannen, Marion Martin, Virginia O'Brien, Henry Armetta, Anna Demetrio
Detective Wolf J. Flywheel (Groucho Marx) is hired by the Phelps Department Store co-owner, Martha Phelps (Margaret Dumont), to guard her partner, Tommy Rogers (Tony Martin), whose life has been threatened. This marks the last of the Marx Bros. MGM films.
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The Cocoanuts 1929 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph Santley, Robert Florey
Cast: Groucho Marx, Zeppo Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Oscar Shaw, Mary Eaton, Kay Francis, Margaret Dumont, Basil Ruysdael, Barton MacLane
In this first film of the Marx Brothers, Zeppo, Harpo, and Chico sabotage plans of a hotel manager (Groucho) who will stop at almost nothing to make money on Florida real estate.
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 A Day at the Races 1937 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman, Douglass Dumbrille, Leonard Ceeley, Esther Muir, Robert Middlemass, Vivien Fay, Ivie Anderson, Dorothy Dandridge, Frankie Darro
Veterinarian Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx) poses as a medical doctor to convince the wealthy hypochondriac, Emily Upjohn (Margaret Dumont), to give financial assistance to Judy Standish (Maureen O'Sullivan), which will save Judy's sanitarium. Then a new plot is hatched: win a steeplechase race and use the winnings to pay off Judy's debts. This comedy features Groucho, Harpo, and Chico at their best.
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 Duck Soup 1933  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, Edmund Breese, Louis Calhern, Margaret Dumont, Edgar Kennedy, Charles Middleton, Edwin Maxwell, Raquel Torres, Verna Hillie, Leonid Kinskey, William Worthington, Eric Mayne
Wealthy Mrs. Teasdale (Margaret Dumont) donates $20 million to Freedonia with the provision that it will make Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) its dictator. The deal is made, and Firefly immediately frustrates his cabinet and offends the neighboring country of Sylvania. War is inevitable, and Sylvania sends Chicolini (Chico Marx) and Pinky (Harpo Marx) to spy on Firefly and become members of his cabinet. Firefly declares war on Sylvania, and after more than a few double-crosses, Freedonia wins. This movie is silly, zany, crafty, and VERY entertaining.
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 Go West 1940 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Marx Brothers Go West
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, John Carroll, Diana Lewis, Walter Woolf King, Robert Barrat, Tully Marshall, June MacCloy, George Lessey
While this is not the Marx Brothers' best film, their closing scene is well worth the viewing.
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 Horse Feathers 1932  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Thelma Todd, David Landau, Florine McKinney, Nat Pendleton, James Pierce, Robert Greig
The Marx Brothers are at their very funniest in this film about a college dean (Groucho) who is determined to have a winning football season after years of being on the losing end.
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Love Happy 1949  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Miller
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Ilona Massey, Vera-Ellen, Raymond Burr, Marilyn Monroe, Eric Blore, Melville Cooper, Marion Hutton
This is the last in the series of Marx Brothers' movies. Marilyn Monroe has a very small part in the film.
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 Monkey Business 1931 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Thelma Todd, Tom Kennedy, Harry Woods, Ruth Hall, Ben Taggart, Rockliffe Fellowes
The Marx Brothers stow away on an ocean liner. In this, one of their best films, they do great impersonations of Maurice Chevalier.
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 A Night at the Opera 1935 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle, Margaret Dumont, Allan Jones, Sig Ruman, Walter Woolf King, Edward Keane, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Gino Corrado, Frank Yaconelli, Billy Gilbert, Al Bridge, Jonathan Hale
When the Marx Brothers become part of the hoity-toity opera world, comedy abounds in this Marx Brothers' classic. In an attempt to reunite with his lover Rosa (Kitty Carlisle), Ricardo (Allan Jones) joins up with Fiorello and Tomasso (Chico Marx and Harpo Marx) to stow away on a ship headed for New York. They are prepared to pull out all stops to get Ricardo a job as the leading tenor in the New York Opera Company where Rosa is starring as the leading lady. They arrive in New York, but the authorities, who want to catch the stowaways, are on their trail, and they join up with Otis P. Driftwood (Groucho Marx) in their attempt to stay one step ahead of the authorities.
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 A Night in Casablanca 1946 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Charles Drake, Lois Collier, Lisette Verea, Sig Ruman, Paul Harvey, Harry Semels, Dan Seymour, Lewis L. Russell, Frederick Giermann, Harro Mellor, David Hoffman, Philip Van Zandt
In this entertaining comedy, Ronald Kornblow (Groucho Marx) is the new manager of a hotel in post-war Casablanca. The previous hotel managers have died under suspicious circumstances. Nazi war criminal Heinrich Stubel (Sig Ruman), disguised as Count Pfefferman, is plotting to make Kornblow the next victim so that he can reclaim stolen art treasures that Stubel has hidden inside the hotel. When Stubel's valet, Rusty (Harpo Marx), gets wind of the plot, businessman Corbacchio (Chico Marx) teams up with him to protect Kornblow. Rusty finds the treasure just before he, Kornblow, and Corbacchio are arrested and tossed into jail. But, they do manage to escape in time to foil Stubel's plan. Throughout all of the intrigue, comedy abounds.
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Room Service 1938 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, Frank Albertson, Cliff Dunstan, Donald MacBride, Philip Loeb, Charles Halton, Philip Wood, Alexander Asro, William Ruhl, Frank Otto, Donald Kerr
A destitute producer, Gordon Miller (Groucho Marx), has found rooms at the Great White Way hotel for the cast of the play he is preparing to stage. When they face eviction because hotel bills are not being paid, Miller, his director Harry Binelli (Chico Marx), and business manage Faker Englund (Harpo Marx) come up with a scheme. They convince the playwright, Leo Davis (Frank Albertson) that he has contracted a contagious disease and that he and the cast cannot be moved from the hotel. An amusing comedy.
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The Story of Mankind 1957  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irwin Allen
Cast: Ronald Colman, Hedy Lamarr, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Virginia Mayo, Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Charles Coburn
This film is a mini-view of moments in the history of the world. Filled with stars, events are presented in scenes where the actors are there for the impact of recognizing who they are as they represent characters of history.
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| 1. Animal Crackers (1930)
2. At the Circus (1939)
3. The Big Store (1941)
4. The Cocoanuts (1929)
5. A Day at the Races (1937)
6. Duck Soup (1933)
7. Go West (1940)
aka: Marx Brothers Go West
8. Horse Feathers (1932)
9. Love Happy (1949)
10. Monkey Business (1931)
11. A Night at the Opera (1935)
12. A Night in Casablanca (1946)
13. Room Service (1938)
14. The Story of Mankind (1957)
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