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 enlarge | Directors: William A. Seiter, Edward Buzzell
Actors: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 24480
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 165 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARD76756D
UPC: 012569767560
EAN: 0012569767560
ASIN: B000E8QVCE
Theatrical Release Date: September 30, 1938
Release Date: May 2, 2006
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 No HORSE FEATHERS in this DUCK SOUP of a Twofer August 28, 2006
Bennet Pomerantz (Seabrook, Maryland)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Marx Brothers are a comedy taste..part wit/part slapstick. Sometime when you want wit, you get slap stick...sometimes it works and others it fails. In these two features there is an surity in both films
The highlight of Circus is Groucho singing Lydia the Tattoed Lady, one of his classics songs (He saings like George Burns-but it works). After that it seem the normal slapstick treads that have been played before by the Brothers Marx, Chico's Italian wears thin and Harpo is give very little to do. The weight falls to the Grouch man who holds the film lame plot together
Writer Morrie Rysind gave the Marxs free reign in his script for room Service and its works. However it seemed too rehearsed for the comedy to flow. The comedy is overrated, but works. The room service steals scenes which played well in A Night at the Opera. The film service also stars a young Lucille Ball (pre I Love Lucy days)and Ann Miller (pre MGM dance Musicals), watch them in this 1938 classic and see what they became.
In this Marx Double feature, you get both the best (Room Service) and the one of the Worst (At the Circus..the worst in my opinion was Go West).These were not the Duck Soup/Horse Feathers/Day at the Races Marxes, they seem too rehearsed and not as funny Well the movies are part of their mythos, so they are worth an airing
Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD
 Generally Low Marx July 23, 2006
Scott Rivers (Los Angeles, CA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Marx Brothers in less-than-stellar form. Based on the hit Broadway play, "Room Service" (1938) was the only film not written specifically for the team. The result is an awkward fit, but there are a few priceless moments within the situation-comedy framework. Regrettably, the harp and piano solos have been jettisoned while Margaret Dumont's presence is sorely missed. "Room Service" should be viewed as a well-intentioned, yet unsuccessful experiment. Sadly, "At the Circus" (1939) ranks as the Marxes' worst film. Groucho, Harpo and Chico are brought down by weak material, an obvious lack of enthusiasm, and Kenny Baker's annoying presence. Strictly for completists.
 Room Service awful/At the Circus amusing March 3, 2006
S. Gilbert (San Francisco, CA USA)
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
Far from the heights, these two Marx Brothers movies are, respectively, at the very bottom and near the middle of their achievements. "Room Service" is painfully flat, utterly devoid of whimsy or humor. Perfunctory appearances by Lucille Ball and Ann Miller do not improve things. "At the Circus" has some grand moments and while it's no "Monkey Business," it's got some nice Dumont/Groucho stuff and the "colored music" scene is not as racist as I'd remembered.
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