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''Monkey Business'' is a 1931 comedy film by the legendary [[Marx Brothers]]. |
''[[Monkey Business]]'' is a 1931 comedy film by the legendary [[Marx Brothers]], co-written with [[S. J. Perelman]]. |
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Much of the story takes place upon a cruise liner bound for America. Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo play as four stowaways, who spend much of the journey trying to avoid the captain and his first mate. During and after the journey, the four become involved with an ongoing dispute between rivaling gangs, which the four brothers solve in their own way. Much [[Hilarity Ensues]]. |
Much of the story takes place upon a cruise liner bound for America. Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo play as four stowaways, who spend much of the journey trying to avoid the captain and his first mate. During and after the journey, the four become involved with an ongoing dispute between rivaling gangs, which the four brothers solve in their own way. Much [[Hilarity Ensues]]. |
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** [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: Thelma Todd died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 1935, found dead in a locked garage with a running vehicle. Circumstances were suspicious enough (she had blood on her face as if she had been struck) that it's been thought she was murdered. |
** [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: Thelma Todd died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 1935, found dead in a locked garage with a running vehicle. Circumstances were suspicious enough (she had blood on her face as if she had been struck) that it's been thought she was murdered. |
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* [[What an Idiot!]]: One of the mob leaders ''arms Harpo and Chico.'' |
* [[What an Idiot!]]: One of the mob leaders ''arms Harpo and Chico.'' |
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* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Harpo infiltrates a [[Punch and Judy]] show in progress, and starts controlling and imitating the puppets...so what happened to whoever was controlling them ''before'' he got involved? |
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Harpo infiltrates a ''[[Punch and Judy]]'' show in progress, and starts controlling and imitating the puppets...so what happened to whoever was controlling them ''before'' he got involved? |
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