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Classic Films

longship

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1. Hot Toddy! Thelma Todd.

Reply to Staph (Original post)

Tue Nov 24, 2015, 02:04 PM

Nov 2015

The scenes from Monkey Business are iconic. Sexual innuendo? You bet. And both Groucho and Thelma Todd were able players in the narrative. Those scenes were what made the Marx Brother films so awesome. My faves are Animal Crackers and A Night at the Opera. The former has the only humorous bridge game in cinematic history and Captain Spaulding who once shot an elephant in his pajamas; the latter is the highest art of Marx humor. Both feature Chico on the piano and Harpo on a harp, among other things.

Monkey Business is another gem. Thelma Todd!

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Hot Toddy! Thelma Todd. longship Nov 2015 #1

And BTW, Mockingbird is a flawless film. longship Nov 2015 #2