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Love Happy

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A detective (Groucho Marx) and a shoplifter (Harpo Marx) race a dangerous blonde (Ilona Massey) to recover the stolen Romanoff diamonds.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Tortures the viewer with a long Harpo solo instrumental on the harp. Rated: B- Aug 13, 2012 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 21, 2005 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) The Marx swan song. Worth catching, but not great. Rated: 3/5 Jun 16, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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david f Not the funniest Marx Brothers film, but still pretty good. Featuring Marilyn Monroe's slinky Hollywood debut, this farce about some stolen diamonds features some great physical comedy, funny wordplay, and hilarious situations, courtesy of Groucho, Harpo, and Chico. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Tacky looking "Semi-Marx Brothers" film. Harpo is the main focus, with Chico in support. Groucho phones-in a couple of scenes and does the narration. Symbolic of the tackiness is that the producers allegedly ran out of money, so they had to concoct a scene with Harpo being chased across rooftops displaying advertising billboards for Mobil Gas, Bulova Watches and other products which were sold to those companies in order to raise money. Harpo never mentioned the film in his biography, nor did Groucho in his first book (although in later books, and on an episode of The Today Show in the 1960s, he said that it was a "terrible film"). Marilyn Monroe did do an early walk-on lasting around a minute - which gives the film some notoriety - but that's about it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Love Happy just makes me happy - plain and simple. For years, I avoided this film focusing instead on the Marx Brothers Paramount classics. Now, I've decided to watch their films from last back to first. The Incredible Jewel Robbery, their last television appearance together, is more of a short subject. It was made ten years after Love Happy and was still enjoyable but not laugh out loud. Love Happy, on the other hand, their swan song from motion pictures, is still very funny. Actually, it is a fine film, better than most of their latter MGM pictures. This is the only Marx Brothers film written by a Marx Brother, not Groucho though, but Harpo. That probably was why Groucho didn't like the film. He loved his brothers, but I'm sure he was a bit jealous that Harpo wrote this. Remember, Groucho fancied himself above all else a writer. This is pure Harpo and Chico, a real tour de force. Harpo really demonstrates why Salvador Dali was so smitten with the Marx Brothers and considered them the first surreal comics. Watch this picture. It really is good. Harpo has some of his finest moments. And, the Marilyn Monroe cameo is the stuff that legends are made from. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review steve d Cute but not one of their best. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Okay but not the brothers best. Vera-Ellen's dance number based on Maugham's Rain is unusual and as always she dances beautifully. Marilyn is in and out within minutes but is a knockout. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member definitely not the Marx Bros best work, but notable for their last film together. Harpo has a larger role and things were funnier after Groucho finally makes more appearances toward the end. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A detective (Groucho Marx) and a shoplifter (Harpo Marx) race a dangerous blonde (Ilona Massey) to recover the stolen Romanoff diamonds.
Director
David Miller
Producer
Lester Cowan, Mary Pickford
Screenwriter
Frank Tashlin, Mac Benoff
Distributor
United Artists
Production Co
Artists Alliance
Genre
Comedy, Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 3, 1950, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Jun 15, 2004
Runtime
1h 31m