1931 film Monkey Business

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"1931 film Monkey Business" is a classic pre-Code Marx Brothers comedy film known for its anarchic humor, rapid-fire gags, and shipboard misadventures.

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instanceOf American film ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
pre-Code film ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
castMember Chico Marx ⓘ
Groucho Marx ⓘ
Harpo Marx ⓘ
Harry Woods ⓘ
Rockliffe Fellowes ⓘ
Ruth Hall ⓘ
Thelma Todd ⓘ
linked to: Thelma Alice Todd

Zeppo Marx ⓘ
cinematographer Arthur L. Todd NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Norman Z. McLeod NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editor LeRoy Stone ⓘ
linked to: Leroy Stone
era pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Code Hollywood
features anarchic humor ⓘ
rapid-fire gags ⓘ
shipboard misadventures ⓘ
featuresCharacter stowaway Marx Brothers ⓘ
followedBy Horse Feathers ⓘ
follows Animal Crackers ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
shipboard comedy ⓘ
slapstick comedy ⓘ
musicBy John Leipold ⓘ
notableFor absence of Marx Brothers’ usual stage-play source ⓘ
use of Maurice Chevalier impersonation gag ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Marx Brothers filmography ⓘ
producer Herman J. Mankiewicz ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1931-09-19 ⓘ
releaseYear 1931 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 77 ⓘ
screenwriter Arthur Sheekman ⓘ
S. J. Perelman ⓘ
Will B. Johnstone ⓘ
setOn ocean liner ⓘ
stars Chico Marx ⓘ
Groucho Marx ⓘ
Harpo Marx ⓘ
Zeppo Marx ⓘ
storyBy Ben Holmes ⓘ
Max Marcin ⓘ
title Monkey Business ⓘ

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Lois Laurel → appearsIn → 1931 film Monkey Business ⓘ