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 enlarge | Directors: David Miller, Leo Mccarey
Actors: Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Ilona Massey, Vera-ellen, Marion Hutton
Studio: Republic Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 24248
Format: Black & White, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 85 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: LGED14541D
UPC: 017153145410
EAN: 0017153145410
ASIN: B0002235M6
Theatrical Release Date: March 3, 1950
Release Date: June 15, 2004
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 What a find! December 2, 2004
Nicholas Santa Maria (Redondo Beach, CA)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I'm a life long Marx Brothers fanatic. I've seen Love Happy more than 25 times during that span. Now I feel as though I'm seeing for the very first time. Apparently, there are 6 minutes in this version that have been missing from every print I've seen previously, and it turns out that this 6 minutes is essential. I always thought that Love Happy was a choppy mess of a film (although I always preferred it to Go West, and Room Service....sorry), but now, with this pristine print that has obviously been struck from the original negative, it is a smooth, funny, and very entertaining romp. The print makes it look like a bigger budgeted film, and the added footage makes it a far nicer ride. The film itself is not prime Marx Bros., but I think it is a much better film than the print that has been circulating for years. You'll just have to see for yourself. I am flabergasted that this release hasn't been more touted because, in my opinion, it is a major find.
Now how about a clean copy of Horsefeathers????
 Beware! November 21, 2004
Oscar Wilde (Athens, GA)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Some reviews have understated the problems here. Marylin's cameo is not even one minute long - it's more like 30 seconds, and not very memorable. In fact, Marylin is completely upstaged by female lead Vera-Ellen (someone I'd never heard of), who has a very sexy dance number.
Not only does Groucho appear very little, but until the very end he does not interact with his brothers. Apparently they decided to add him at the last minute and shot several solo scenes featuring him that are interspersed throughout the film. This is unfortunate because Groucho's persona, in my opinion, was the center of the Marx brothers act. Harpo's antics grow wearisome in extended doses, and Chico is even more limited. Groucho, after all, was the one who always dropped cynical comments about the mediocre romantic storylines that were attached to the later Marx films, and thus made it possible to endure those storylines. Without his presence here, we are overwhelmed with the shabby, sentimental story about a theatrical troupe trying to put on a Broadway show.
There is one thing to recommend the film - it has Chico's most amusing piano number (after the one in Animal Crackers), as he attempts to improvise a duet with a violinist.
Ok, so it's not "Duck Soup"......... August 9, 2004
devotedmarxist (New Hampshire)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
But hey, not every movie can be, can it not? I will confess that until I got the DVD, "Love Happy" was the only Marx Bros. movie I had never seen! I had seen all the other 12 COUNTLESS times. Now, there's been a lot people saying the movie was plain awful (even Groucho and Harpo never mention the movie in their autobiographies), and maybe compared to the earlier Paramounts it's considered a letdown. I think they were being too hard on themselves.
All considering, I thought it was a solid effort, but it was bogged down with too much music (not the brothers' tunes-everybody else's). I thoroughly enjoyed watching Chico managing to cause chaos and confusion wherever he went, and butchering the English language as usual...........I absolutely cracked up when he says "Ah-Tootsie Frootsie" in a scene where Harpo hands him an ice cream cone.....I loved the "noodling around" bit he did where he played "Gyspy Love Song" just like he did in "Cocoanuts" 20 years earlier. I often wonder if he knew this was the "official" swan song of the Brothers' movie career..........Chico would have gladly kept going, even if the others didn't. (I'm not counting "The Story of Mankind" as the "last" movie, because they had 3 separate roles in it).
Groucho uncharacteristically, has more of a role as a narrator, but he still manages to be typical Groucho. When he is in a scene, he's hilarious. His best line, is of course, when Marilyn Monroe (all 45 seconds of her) walks into his office (he's Detective Sam Grunion) and says, "Some men are following me" to which Groucho replies, "Really? I can't imagine why" and raises his eyebrows in typical Groucho fashion.
Of course, the star here is Harpo, and I think he's brilliant. His scene with Ilona Massey and Raymond Burr (who's trying not to laugh at Harp) when they try to get him to "talk" is hilarious! And the chase scene towards the end of the movie is great, despite all the "product placement" up on the buildings and such; it's still well done. Harpo was just Harpo, and he nevers fails to deliver. He came up with the story after all. I think the movie was pretty good, and even though I wouldn't start with this movie if you are new to the Brothers Marx, I still recommend it. Harpo, Chico, and Groucho in a good, but not great, movie are still better than half of the junk that is called humor gracing our theater screens (does ANYBODY know how to do an original movie instead of countless remakes?) nowadays. I think most people will be pleased with the Marxes' last effort. Give it a chance, it might surprise you! It did me.
 One of the best Marx Brothers movies ever made! August 2, 2004
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
"Love Happy" is based on a story by Harpo Marx, himself being the main character. Groucho isn't as major, playing a detective and narrator, but Chico has his normal screentime. Although the "character hierarchy" isn't the same, "Love Happy" is one of my favorite Marx Brothers movies.
Some of the best scenes include a chase on the traveling lights of Broadway, the villain torturing Harpo, trying to get him to "talk," (Raymond Burr can't even keep a straight face!), and the song "Mama Wants to Know Who Stole that Jam."
I am glad this movie was not in color. The chases woudn't have worked as well, and it would not have looked as classic.
Groucho fans will still like this movie, even though he isn't as major!
HOW SAD July 22, 2004
David Wilmot (St. Louis, MO USA)
0 out of 10 found this review helpful
that the studio couldn't afford to shoot (or release) this in color. The talents of the delightful Vera-Ellen are hidden under a bushel.
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