Monkey Business

1931
Approved
1h 17m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,4/10

14 k

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Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, and Zeppo Marx in Monkey Business (1931)

On a transatlantic crossing, The Marx Brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship.

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Classic Musical Farce Sea Adventure Slapstick Comedy Family Musical

Au cours d'une traversée transatlantique, les frères Marx font leurs pitreries habituelles et parviennent à énerver à peu près tout le monde à bord.Au cours d'une traversée transatlantique, les frères Marx font leurs pitreries habituelles et parviennent à énerver à peu près tout le monde à bord.Au cours d'une traversée transatlantique, les frères Marx font leurs pitreries habituelles et parviennent à énerver à peu près tout le monde à bord.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,4/10

14 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 2 nominations au total

Groucho
(as The Four Marx Brothers)

Harpo Marx

Harpo
(as The Four Marx Brothers)

The Marx Brothers

The Four Stowaways
(as The Four Marx Brothers)

Chico Marx

Chico
(as The Four Marx Brothers)

Zeppo Marx

Zeppo
(as The Four Marx Brothers)

Rockliffe Fellowes

Joe Helton
(as Rockcliffe Fellowes)

Harry Woods

Briggs

Thelma Todd

Lucille

Ruth Hall

Mary Helton

Tom Kennedy

Gibson

Eddie Baker

Ship's Officer
(uncredited)

Bobby Barber

Hoarse Barber Customer
(uncredited)

Billy Barty

Child
(uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

Man in Deck Chair
(uncredited)

Eddie Borden

Joe
(uncredited)

James Bradbury Jr.

Party Guest
(uncredited)

Maxine Castle

Opera Singer at Party
(uncredited)

Davison Clark

Passport Official
(uncredited)

Histoire

Modifier

Le saviez-vous

Modifier

Anecdotes
Sam Marx: The Marx Brothers' father is sitting on the crates behind them after they're carried off the ship.

Gaffes
During the passport scene, when the brothers try to get off the boat by impersonating Maurice Chevalier, neither Zeppo Marx (the first brother to try) nor Groucho Marx (the third to try), get Chevalier's passport back from the officer in charge, yet Chico Marx and Harpo Marx each have it as they approach the front of the line.

Citations
Groucho: Are you the floorwalker of this ship? I want to register a complaint.
Captain Corcoran: Why? What's the matter?
Groucho: Matter enough. You know who sneaked into my stateroom at three o'clock this morning?
Captain Corcoran: Who did that?
Groucho: Nobody, and that's my complaint.

Générique farfelu
The opening credits are painted on the sides of barrels (In the film's opening, the Marx Brothers' characters are stow-aways on a cruise ship, hiding in barrels marked "Kippered Herring").

Autres versions
Reissue prints have a few additional seconds at the beginning showing the "Approved" code on a title screen. Earlier prints do not have the code at the beginning.

Connexions
Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Seul le cinéma (1994)

Bandes originales
Monkey Business Prelude #2
(uncredited)
Music by John Leipold
Played at the beginning

Commentaires des utilisateurs86

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8/10

nonstop utter madness

Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo are stowaways on an ocean liner to America. They are chased by the crews and befriends two gangster. After landing in America, Big Joe Helton throws a party for his daughter Mary. Zeppo joins Mary. Groucho is welcomed by Big Joe. Harpo and Chico sneaks in. Gangster Briggs and his men kidnap Mary to control Big Joe. Lucille (Thelma Todd) is Briggs' girlfriend.

The jokes are great and best of all, they don't stop. It starts out strong with the guys hiding in the barrels. This is one of the best from the Marx brothers. Also the addition of Thelma Todd as well as others is an improvement over their previous movies.