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Duck Soup
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*Duck Soup* is a 1933 American black-and-white musical comedy film directed by Leo McCarey. The cast includes Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, and Zeppo Marx. Herman J. Mankiewicz served as producer, while Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar wrote the screenplay. John Leipold composed the music, Henry Sharp was the director of photography, and LeRoy Stone edited the film. Produced by Paramount Pictures, the movie is part of the Pre-Code Hollywood movement and is distributed by Paramount Pictures, Netflix, and iTunes.
The film has a runtime of 68 minutes, though some sources list it as 69 minutes. It is set in Europe and features keywords such as ambassador, dictator, widow, spy, and siege. The original language is English. On IMDb, the film holds a rating of 7.7 based on 64,093 votes, while TMDb lists a vote average of 7.316 from 859 votes. The release date is recorded as November 12, 1933, with a publication date of January 1, 1933.
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7.3Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
Cast
- Groucho Marx as Rufus T. Firefly
- Harpo Marx as Pinky
- Chico Marx as Chicolini
- Zeppo Marx as Bob Roland
- Margaret Dumont as Gloria Teasdale
- Raquel Torres as Vera Marcal
Themes
- ambassador
- dictator
- widow
- spy
- siege
- musical
- lemonade
- cigar smoking
- slapstick comedy
- black and white
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Leo McCarey
- Written by
- Bert Kalmar Harry Ruby Arthur Sheekman (additional dialogue) Nat Perrin (additional dialogue)
- Produced by
- Herman J. Mankiewicz (uncredited)
- Starring
- Groucho Marx Harpo Marx Chico Marx Zeppo Marx Margaret Dumont Raquel Torres Louis Calhern
- Cinematography
- Henry Sharp
- Edited by
- LeRoy Stone (uncredited)
- Music by
- John Leipold (uncredited)
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- November 17, 1933 ( 1933-11-17 )
- Running time
- 68 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
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Encyclopedic overview
Trailer Duck Soup is a 1933 American pre-Code musical comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby (with additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin) and directed by Leo McCarey. Released by Paramount Pictures on November 17, 1933, it stars the four Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo in his final film appearance) and also features Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern, Raquel Torres and Edgar Kennedy.
Duck Soup was the final of the five Marx Brothers films released by Paramount Pictures. The film also marks Zeppo's last screen outing with his brothers. In the film, Groucho portrays Rufus T. Firefly, the newly installed president of the fictional country of Freedonia. Zeppo is his secretary, while Chico and Harpo are spies for the neighboring country of Sylvania. Relations between Firefly and the Sylvanian ambassador (Calhern) deteriorate during the film, eventually leading the two countries to war.
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