Un jour au cirque

Titre original : At the Circus

1939
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1h 27m

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Groucho Marx, Eve Arden, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx in Un jour au cirque (1939)

The Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job.

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job.The Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job.The Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job.

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Redcap
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John Binns

Old Man
(uncredited)

William A. Boardway

Party Guest
(uncredited)

George Bookasta

Member of Quartette
(uncredited)

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Anecdotes
For Groucho Marx' performance of "'Lydia, the Tattooed Lady", additional lyrics were written by E.Y. Harburg exclusively for screenings of the film for Allied servicemen in European war zones. The special lyrics included the line "When she stands the world grows littler; When she sits, she sits on Hitler.' This version of the song was filmed, and included in prints of the film distributed in Great Britain and France, and was greeted with marked enthusiasm during screenings in those countries.

Gaffes
During the "Swingali" number, three boys playing saxophones stand up and play "Auld Lang Syne," but the instruments heard on the soundtrack are clarinets.

Citations
Peerless Pauline: I've waited so long to find someone like you.
J. Cheever Loophole: Oh, someone *like* me, I'm not good enough for you, eh?

Connexions
Featured in From the Ends of the Earth (1939)

Bandes originales
Lydia, the Tattooed Lady
(1939) (uncredited)
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Sung by Groucho Marx and chorus, with Chico Marx at piano

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6/10

well, there IS a noticeable difference between their Paramount movies and their MGM movies

The Marx Brothers burst onto the scene in the 1929 comedy "The Cocoanuts". Over the next few years they starred in some of the all-time classics, namely "Horse Feathers" and "Duck Soup".

Then something happened. I don't know the reason, but they left Paramount (which financed the aforementioned movies) and moved to MGM. By that point, MGM was well established as the domain of happy-go-lucky musicals, and it showed in the Marx Brothers' movies. Far from the biting satire of their earlier movies, these newer movies tended to show them performing antics in various settings: opera, horse racing, and now the circus. "At the Circus" is funny, but it's no "Duck Soup".

Ignoring all that, there's plenty of laughs to be had here (and quite a few hot babes). Enjoyable in that respect. Jerry Maren (Atom) is best known as one of the Munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz" and died only last year, making him not only the last surviving speaking cast member from TWoO, but the last surviving cast member from a Marx Brothers movie.