Groucho, Chico and Harpo are at their very best or even better-if that's possible-in this 1939 hit comedy At the Circus.Groucho's looking for loopholes as the eccentric lawyer called Loophole.Every line he delivers is something funny.And he also sings the great song Lydia the Tattooed Lady, which was heard also by Robin Williams in the movie The Fisher King many years later.Margaret Dumont, the haughty straight lady in the Marx movies, shines as Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury.Kenny Baker and Florence Rice are terrific as the romantic, soon-to-be-married-couple.Eve Arden takes her act to the ceiling and also acts very well.Nat Pendleton as Goliath the Strongman gives a very strong performance.There are many scenes that are just fantastic and mostly awfully hilarious.There's also one beautiful scene, the one where Harpo Marx plays the harp with all those black women, children and men singing and listening.This is a perfect ten movie, something they don't make these days.Someone should bring the Marx brothers back.
Review of At the Circus
