The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection
by Joseph Santley, Leo McCarey, Norman Z. McLeod, Robert Florey, Victor Heerman
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Actor: Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Rockliffe Fellowes, Zeppo MarxDirector: Joseph Santley, Leo McCarey, Norman Z. McLeod, Robert Florey, Victor Heerman
Brand: Universal
Writer: Arthur Sheekman
Writer: Ben Hecht
Writer: Bert Kalmar
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Box set, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 403 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-11-09
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection
DVD Review: Five Great Movies, but nothing more.
Summary: 4 Stars
The other reviewers have said it all. I love these movies. Especially Duck Soup and Animal Crackers. But why did Universal give us that 6th disc? There is little to nothing on it. Just enough to make you want to see more! I love this set. But again, only for the movies. Disc six and the 40 page "book" are not worth it. Enough said!DVD Review: 5 stars for the movies, 2 stars for presentation.
Summary: 2 Stars
I've got better prints on VHS than this collection. I'm quite disappointed Universal didn't put more effort into finding the best copies available to transfer to DVD, when so many other studios send out their detectives to find the best prints available for DVD, let alone helping to preserve our film heritage. There's so many jump cuts in the films, I feel like I'm in a Communist country. Comrade Universal, I hope you're planning on a more definitive restored and remastered set in the near future.DVD Review: Always Hilarious!
Summary: 5 Stars
I enjoyed these movies with many belly laughs! How refreshing to play them now and still appreciate all the fine acting and humor just as entertaining now as it was watching them years ago! I really like the book format for all the disks in such a nicely decorated, sturdy, all-in-one box! I will treasure these disks always! So glad they arrived safe and sound and so fast too!DVD Review: Classic comedy that stands the test of time...
Summary: 5 Stars
Bought this to get the films I already own onto DVD. Great for any Marx Bros. fan. Bonus features are a little on the weak side but you shouldn't be buying it for the bonus features. Unfortunate that "Go West" couldn't have been included because of copyrights but still a very solid collection with "Duck Soup" and "Animal Crackers" leading the way. I still find myself bursting out laughing during the films every time I see them.DVD Review: Monkey Business makes the collection
Summary: 5 Stars
Although I think all of the movies have their funny moments...Monkey Business makes me laugh until I cry from beginning to end!
Description of The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection
Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the greatest comedy act in history with The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection. This essential DVD set features the legendary four Marx Brothers in five of their most acclaimed and best loved films - Duck Soup, Horse Feathers, Monkey Business, Animal Crackers and The Cocoanuts - the only five movies ever made with all four brothers together: Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo!There will be a debate of which 2004 DVD collection of Marx Brothers films was better. This Universal release of the better known Paramount-produced films are the only ones starring all four brothers: Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo. The Warner collection contains less-vital films, but is loaded with extras and commentaries. The Universal collection contains only 20 minutes of interviews from NBC's Today Show--interesting but short--with Harpo, Groucho, and Harpo's son Bill from the '60s and '70s. All of the films in this collection were released on DVD by Image Entertainment in 2000 and the prints look the same, which isn't necessarily bad; one just wishes a major restoration had been undertaken.
The films--packaged handsomely with a booklet--are essential Marx Brothers, their first five films made from 1929 to 1933. The least timeless is their first, The Cocoanuts, based on their Broadway hit. The film--one of the first full talkies--takes place in a hotel with owner Groucho out to grab every dollar. Animal Crackers is the brothers' first classic, a lickety-split comedy about an art theft being investigated by Groucho's alter-image, Captain Spaulding. For introducing youngsters to the work of Marx, Monkey Business is the best way. The shenanigans start right at the start as the brothers stowaway on a luxury liner. It's their first film that wasn't based on a play, as they endeavored to find new material. Horse Feathers gave them more fertile ground plus a sure-fire Hollywood director at the helm (Norman McLeoad). Their fantasia of college life includes the riotous football-game finale. Music, always a key part of their plays and films is given more weight here and includes Groucho's theme, "I'm Against It." Music is again key as the musicals of the era are spoofed in the brothers' undisputed masterpiece, Duck Soup. From a land called Fredonia, Groucho plays a slapdash ruler who rewrites the rules of governing, leading to a most memorable war with Sylvania (so war gets lampooned. too). Duck Soup also boasts the most famous Marx brothers sketch: Groucho trying to fool his mirror. --Doug Thomas
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