Groucho Marx (1890-1977)
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1. The Cocoanuts (1929)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
During the Florida land boom, The Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves.
Directors: Robert Florey, Joseph Santley | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx
Votes: 8,193 | Gross: $3.92M
2.
Julia (1968–1971)
Episode:
Farewell, My Friends, Hello
(1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy
A retiring messenger showers Julia with gifts.
Director: Hal Kanter | Stars: Diahann Carroll, Lloyd Nolan, Marc Copage, Betty Beaird
Votes: 10
3. Skidoo (1968)
R | 98 min | Comedy
Infamous psychedelic all-star comedy about ex-gangster Tony Banks, who's called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Frankie Avalon, Fred Clark
Votes: 1,917
4.
The Jackie Gleason Show (1966–1970)
Episode:
Groucho Marx, Mickey Rooney, Jane Morgan, Charlie Manna
(1969)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Musical
Stars: Jackie Gleason, Johnny Olson, Sid Gould, The June Taylor Dancers
5. Birds Do It (1966)
88 min | Comedy, Family
Melvin Byrd, who dreams of being a scientist, is a Cape Kennedy "miniscule molecular particle surveillance monitor" - in short, a janitor. His job is to keep a major rocket project ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Soupy Sales, Tab Hunter, Arthur O'Connell, Edward Andrews
Votes: 149
6.
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
Episode:
Time for Elizabeth
(1964)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
After enduring a pompous and tyrannical boss for 28 years, Ed Davis (Groucho Marx) has a brief argument with him, gets fired, and decides to retire to Florida with his wife.
Director: Ezra Stone | Stars: Groucho Marx, Kathryn Eames, Eden Hartford, Roland Winters
Votes: 13
7.
General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode:
The Hold-Out
(1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
When his daughter Margie announces her intention to marry young Fred Judson, John Graham is disturbed. He believes the couple is too young for marriage and, more importantly, unprepared for... See full summary »
Director: Charles F. Haas | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Groucho Marx, Dennis Hopper, Fred Clark
Votes: 21
8.
General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode:
The Incredible Jewel Robbery
(1959)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
Jewel thieves Chico and Harpo Marx disguised as Groucho plan the perfect crime. Groucho appears as himself at the end in a police line up.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Benny Rubin, Joy Rogers
Votes: 59
9.
The Bell Telephone Hour (1959–1968)
Episode:
The Mikado
(1960)
60 min | Music
In a mythical Japan, Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor, has been appointed Lord High Executioner and must find someone to execute before the arrival of the ruling Mikado. He lights upon Nanki-Poo, a ... See full summary »
Directors: Norman Campbell, Martyn Green | Stars: Martyn Green, Groucho Marx, Robert Rounseville, Stanley Holloway
Votes: 50
10. The Story of Mankind (1957)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
The Devil and the Spirit of Man argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Ronald Colman, Hedy Lamarr, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx
Votes: 1,521
11. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
To save his career, a writer for television advertising wants a famous actress to endorse a lipstick. In return, he has to pretend to be her new lover.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield, Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell
Votes: 4,084
12. Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (1956)
Comedy, Animation, Short
Director: Shamus Culhane | Stars: Orson Bean, Salome Jens, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx
Votes: 43
13.
The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Episode:
Jack Is a Contestant
(1955)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
When Jack learns that the jackpot on Groucho Marx's television quiz show "You Bet Your Life" has risen to a whopping $3,000, he sneaks onto the show as a contestant, by wearing a disguise.
Director: Ralph Levy | Stars: Jack Benny, Groucho Marx, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, The Sportsmen Quartet
Votes: 41
14. A Girl in Every Port (1952)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy
After two sailors are conned into buying a lame race-horse, they go ashore to sort out the problem, but when they realize that the horse is one of a pair of identical twins, their plan for revenge becomes more complicated.
Director: Chester Erskine | Stars: Groucho Marx, Marie Wilson, William Bendix, Don DeFore
Votes: 712
15. Double Dynamite (1951)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
An innocent bank teller, suspected of embezzlement, is aided by an eccentric, wisecracking waiter.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Jane Russell, Groucho Marx, Frank Sinatra, Don McGuire
Votes: 1,291
16. Mr. Music (1950)
Approved | 110 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to produce a hit musical. His producer and his secretary conspire to get him back on track.
Director: Richard Haydn | Stars: Bing Crosby, Nancy Olson, Charles Coburn, Ruth Hussey
Votes: 259
17. Love Happy (1949)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Ilona Massey
Votes: 3,077
18. Copacabana (1947)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
An agent has his only client pose as both a French chanteuse and Brazilian bombshell to fool a nightclub owner.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Groucho Marx, Carmen Miranda, Steve Cochran, Andy Russell
Votes: 1,385
19. A Night in Casablanca (1946)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Family
The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Charles Drake
Votes: 7,477
20. The Big Store (1941)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Tony Martin
Votes: 5,464
21. At the Circus (1939)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Musical
The Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kenny Baker
Votes: 6,464
22. Room Service (1938)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy
A penniless theatrical producer must outwit the hotel efficiency expert trying to evict him from his room, while securing a backer for his new play.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Lucille Ball
Votes: 5,544
23. Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)
Approved | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Music
The Brian Sisters are also featured in this short.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Reginald Denny, George Hamilton, Louis & Celeste, Connee Boswell
Votes: 325
24. A Day at the Races (1937)
Passed | 111 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
A veterinarian posing as a doctor teams with a singer and his friends as they struggle to save an upstate New York sanitarium with the help of a misfit racehorse.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones
Votes: 14,583
25. Yours for the Asking (1936)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Romance
Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. But Lamb's pals fear that he could ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: George Raft, Dolores Costello, Ida Lupino, Reginald Owen
Votes: 201
26. A Night at the Opera (1935)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
A sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
Directors: Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle
Votes: 34,756 | Gross: $2.54M
27. Duck Soup (1933)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy, Musical
Rufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx
Votes: 62,732
28. Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (II) (1933)
8 min | Short
Director: Louis Lewyn | Stars: Betty Alexander, Max Baer, Richard Barthelmess, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 10
29. Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (II) (1932)
9 min | Short, Music
Director: Louis Lewyn | Stars: Fifi D'Orsay, Vivian Duncan, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Eddie Lambert
30. Horse Feathers (1932)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, Huxley University's new president, accidentally hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against their rival, Darwin University.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, The Marx Brothers
Votes: 13,395
31. Monkey Business (1931)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
On a transatlantic crossing, The Marx Brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, The Marx Brothers, Chico Marx
Votes: 14,276
32. Animal Crackers (1930)
G | 97 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.
Director: Victor Heerman | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, The Marx Brothers
Votes: 15,269 | Gross: $0.91M
33. Humor Risk (1921)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
Harpo played the hero, a detective named Watson who "made his entrance in a high hat, sliding down a coal chute into the basement". Groucho played an "old movie" villain, who "sported a ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Smith | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx
Votes: 97
34. Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975)
PG | 103 min | Documentary
A nostalgic look back at the Great Depression with contemporary archival footage and film clips picturing James Cagney as an American Everyman.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews, Fred Astaire
Votes: 416
35. The Candidate (1972)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas, Don Porter
Votes: 11,921 | Gross: $0.12M
36. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
G | 133 min | Documentary, Family, Musical
The second installment in the "That's Entertainment" trilogy features more classic scenes from MGM's vast musical library with the addition of comedy and drama films.
Director: Gene Kelly | Stars: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 2,435 | Gross: $6.54M
37. These Amazing Shadows (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself.
Directors: Paul Mariano, Kurt Norton | Stars: Jeff Adachi, James H. Billington, Robin Blaetz, Brooks Boliek
Votes: 1,758
38. Supermensch (2013)
R | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The life and career of the legendary Hollywood insider, Shep Gordon.
Directors: Beth Aala, Mike Myers | Stars: Shep Gordon, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Douglas, Alice Cooper
Votes: 3,403 | Gross: $0.21M
39. Go West (1940)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Western
The Marx Brothers come to the rescue in the Wild West when a young man, trying to settle an old family feud so he can marry the girl he loves, runs afoul of crooks.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, John Carroll
Votes: 5,827
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