Groucho claimed she never understood the jokes. But you can see she's having fun here, and in the piano scene she's having a hard time holding things together with Groucho's one liners.
@@melenatorr I think Groucho did that on purpose. She was one of those classically trained actors who was very good at not breaking character, so I reckon Groucho thought it would be even funnier if audiences didn't think she was in on the joke.
The Mark Brothers actually had a vaudeville act & as well worked on Broadway before moving on to Hollywood - serendipitously for the world at large. Thanks for posting your video.
That was just a rumour Groucho and her made up. I'm not sure why. Maybe they figured audiences would think it was funnier if the actress was as straight as the character. But no, they absolutely loved working with her because she understood comic timing so well.
I don't understand anything about this bridge game but I like Chico's smile and laugh. The big lady is lovely and the young beautiful lady looks very stylish with her hairdo and dress. It looks like Chico and Harpo are cheating the two ladies with the bridge game. Poor young lady loses her shoes to Harpo and doesn't try to take them back. Chico is very cute with his smile and laugh. It's sad that they all passed away long time ago. What a nostalgia!
@@alyssajones4368 Yes, Harold Vanderbilt (an American railroad executive) is credited with creating contract bridge in 1925. He introduced key innovations to the previously existing game of auction bridge at that time.
Lol, I love the Hat Gag and the Mirror scene from "Duck Soup", but this movie has some great moments. "Abie the Fishman", "Elephant in my Pyjamas", "the Flash"and this scene. The physical comedy of Harpo closing the table legs as Hives tries to open them. "How you want to play? Honest?" XD Harpo laying out the blackjack, smacking his own hand when Dumont tells him to put it away, offering it to the girl to comfort, only to draw it back as if he's about to slap her, XD. "You have the choice of seats!" (Sits on her) "Good heavens, not on her lap!" "What's the matter with him?" "I don't know..." "He thought it was contact bridge!" "You gotta scrumble them up a little bit!" (A line I use when I tell people to shuffle cards nowadays). Love how serious/angry he looks as he does it. "Bid one? One what?" "That's alright, you find out..." "The dummy leads....the DUMMY leads." (Points at Dumont) "I'm NOT the Dummy!" "Well, you could be..."
Margaret DuMont was playing a grand Dame way older. When she was called back to work in the 1950’s to work for Groucho and the Hollywood Theatre in the Dr. Livingston Act (on TH-cam) she was in her 80’s and really the age she was portraying in the 1930’s movies. She also was playing a fictitious roll based of Mrs. Edward Stotesbury as Mrs. Dukesbury. The Doris Duke name and the Stotesbury name combined because Jimmy Cromwell (son of Eva S. had just married Doris Duke. These were the Kardashian’s of the early 20th century.
I was playing poker with my friends and for fun I wanted to deal the cards like Harpo to see if anyone would notice sure enough, they all got the joke but it took a little bit for them to notice what I was doing
It was because he got a horrible review for his part in a vaudeville act one time. The critic said, "The marx brother that did pantomime made a memorable allusion, however it was dashed to the rocks when he opened his mouth to speak." So he decided never to speak in his act again. This was info directly from his son on David Letterman in 1985(which can be seen on YT).
Margaret Dumont is sorting her cards before the deal has been completed. You are not supposed to pick up your cards until the dealing is finished. How uncouth!
It's the end what makes this scene, as funny as they are playing bridge Harpo ends up pinching & wearing the woman on the lefts shoes and no one notices 😂
Out of the Paramount films they did- most say Duck Soup is their most nearly perfect film- but low key tho'- Animal Crackers could give it a run for their money and was probably the only film Ms. Dumont looked like she was tickled by the Marx Brothers antics
I'd still liked to know how harpo learned to play beautifully on the harp!?!? That would b 1 of my favorite parts..... But the dialogue between chico & Harpo......IF Harpo would have spoken..... It would have ruined the running of the film! Brilliant!
91 years old and still hysterically funny. When Harpo licks his thumb and deals with the other hand :)
Not to mention that Harpo is now 133 years old
Harpo was a rare physical comedian.
Harpo liked the fillies
Omg this scene is just pure genius.
From the scrummbling of the cards, reversing Margaret’s cut and Chico’s commentary. It’s a masterpiece
When she cuts the cards, he just puts them straight back on top again 😆
So many gags in this one little clip.
Chico and Harpo were both comic and musical geniuses. I still love the great films they left behind for us.
Harpo left a really good book also, Harpo Speaks.
It's such a strange but amusing reversal when Harpo is shuffling the cards that Margaret Dumont is almost laughing while he looks deadly serious.
Groucho claimed she never understood the jokes. But you can see she's having fun here, and in the piano scene she's having a hard time holding things together with Groucho's one liners.
@@melenatorr I think Groucho did that on purpose. She was one of those classically trained actors who was very good at not breaking character, so I reckon Groucho thought it would be even funnier if audiences didn't think she was in on the joke.
Gotta love how Harpo never wastes a chance to be a nuisance.
Always amazed me how Margaret Dumont managed to keep a straight face working with the Marx brothers.
According to some stories, a lot of the humor went over her head.
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@@russs7574 according to another comment that was a rumour that she and Harpo created!
@@russs7574 Yes, Groucho said she virtually had no sense of humor and basically just read her lines
Except when she's cracking up at 1:30
Charlie Chaplin was a silent-film star.
Harpo Marx was a silent film star.
You definitely get the gold medal for cleverness with that one. In my 65 years I have neither wanted to see nor hear Harpo speak.
Animal crackers the most underrated of all Marx Bros movies. It is chock full of vaudeville gags!
The Mark Brothers actually had a vaudeville act & as well worked on Broadway before moving on to Hollywood - serendipitously for the world at large. Thanks for posting your video.
Margaret Dumont : We just play for small stakes . Chico : And french fried potatoes.
Harpo and Chico at their very best.
How can anyone not find these guys funny.
"The Dummy Leads, The Dummy Leads..." Then Harpo taps Margaret Dumont!!!! HYSTERICAL!!!!
"im NOT the dummy."
"...well... you could be..."
omg yus!! lol
Margaret dumont should have got an award for her performances in Marx bros movies.
Wow, thank you so much. I just can't get enough of the Marx Brothers
They said Dumont never got the jokes, but she looks ready to bust out laughing.
That was just a rumour Groucho and her made up. I'm not sure why. Maybe they figured audiences would think it was funnier if the actress was as straight as the character. But no, they absolutely loved working with her because she understood comic timing so well.
OMG, got pause it to get my breath from laughing... Harpo and Chico are best..
Great memories seeing this. Lost my dad last year aged 96 he was a big fan. Thanks for share. I've subscribed to your channel too 😀
Your dad was a film connoisseur 🏆
Note to self: If the devil wants to bet my soul on a game of cards, take Harpo Marx as my partner.
The Marx Brothers were fantastic.
Still are!🙃🤪😜😊
Wonderful comedy that will outlive us all
This scene just doesn't work without Margaret Dumont. One of the best straight men in comedy cinema.
Harpo is too cute to be crazy
Lol you’d be surprised how crazy cute people can be
@@mayhemx9 You'd be surprised how cute crazy people can be!
@@TheRKae lol true
Hey...look at me!
I don't understand anything about this bridge game but I like Chico's smile and laugh. The big lady is lovely and the young beautiful lady looks very stylish with her hairdo and dress. It looks like Chico and Harpo are cheating the two ladies with the bridge game. Poor young lady loses her shoes to Harpo and doesn't try to take them back. Chico is very cute with his smile and laugh. It's sad that they all passed away long time ago. What a nostalgia!
I only play for small steaks...and french fried potatoes.
"He thought it was contact bridge"
Truly timeless
LMAO hahaha
Fun facts: Chico really did play bridge, which at the time of this movie was a new card game sweeping the nation (and beyond).
I am speaking of contract bridge specifically (not auction bridge or whist, of course, which had existed for a long time).
Wow!! When Bridge was in its infancy. Interesting
Chico won a lot, and lost a lot of moolah.
@@alyssajones4368 Yes, Harold Vanderbilt (an American railroad executive) is credited with creating contract bridge in 1925. He introduced key innovations to the previously existing game of auction bridge at that time.
@@ButOneThingIsNeedful Interesting fact. Thanks for sharing!
Lol, I love the Hat Gag and the Mirror scene from "Duck Soup", but this movie has some great moments. "Abie the Fishman", "Elephant in my Pyjamas", "the Flash"and this scene.
The physical comedy of Harpo closing the table legs as Hives tries to open them.
"How you want to play? Honest?" XD
Harpo laying out the blackjack, smacking his own hand when Dumont tells him to put it away, offering it to the girl to comfort, only to draw it back as if he's about to slap her, XD.
"You have the choice of seats!"
(Sits on her)
"Good heavens, not on her lap!"
"What's the matter with him?"
"I don't know..."
"He thought it was contact bridge!"
"You gotta scrumble them up a little bit!" (A line I use when I tell people to shuffle cards nowadays). Love how serious/angry he looks as he does it.
"Bid one? One what?"
"That's alright, you find out..."
"The dummy leads....the DUMMY leads."
(Points at Dumont)
"I'm NOT the Dummy!"
"Well, you could be..."
some of the BEST Comedy in all of Cinema/next to my boys the 3 stooges.
You could see Margaret trying hard not to crack up! Not very often!
I would guess the brothers probably took a lot of pride in seeing who could get Margaret to break character.
I love the lady on the left's hairdo.
You got to scrumble them up a little 🤣
I love the fact when he shuffles, the cards never touch each other, and then when she calls him on it, he makes a mad face
That's what I say now whenever someone needs to shuffle cards.
In my late 40's. Grew up with The Marx Brothers hear in Sweden! Love them❣🤣🤪👍 Can recommend Harpos Marx book Harpo Speaks! It is wonderful!
Hear hear!
Absolutely Love Margaret Dumont!
The Marx Brothers Guide to cheating at bridge
The ladies were stunning and hilarious
Margaret DuMont was playing a grand Dame way older. When she was called back to work in the 1950’s to work for Groucho and the Hollywood Theatre in the Dr. Livingston Act (on TH-cam) she was in her 80’s and really the age she was portraying in the 1930’s movies. She also was playing a fictitious roll based of Mrs. Edward Stotesbury as Mrs. Dukesbury. The Doris Duke name and the Stotesbury name combined because Jimmy Cromwell (son of Eva S. had just married Doris Duke. These were the Kardashian’s of the early 20th century.
I was playing poker with my friends and for fun I wanted to deal the cards like Harpo to see if anyone would notice sure enough, they all got the joke but it took a little bit for them to notice what I was doing
"You have the choice of seats," says the woman. Harpo chooses her lap. Lol.
He thought it was contact bridge!!! LMAO!!!
Ace of clubs. … lol
Ace o' spades
He plays a good game....
How many Ace of spades was he holding?
He's got thousands of 'em
@@PrincessBunhead Absolutely. Very funny bit. These guys are classic.
This is what is called inspired insanity...
"So how'd you wanna play, honest?" --every Yu-Gi-Oh player ever
Just brilliant.
To think HARPO'S Whole act was due to the fact that he had a hard time remembering lines in their early days and the rest history as they say
I thought it was something to do with the sound of his voice...🤔
It was because he got a horrible review for his part in a vaudeville act one time. The critic said, "The marx brother that did pantomime made a memorable allusion, however it was dashed to the rocks when he opened his mouth to speak." So he decided never to speak in his act again. This was info directly from his son on David Letterman in 1985(which can be seen on YT).
@@moncorp1 Yeesh. I know critics can be crappy people, but that’s just harsh. Then again, I didn’t see the act personally, so what do I know?
@@Savagewolver if you look hard enough you can find clips of him talking for interviews.
Margaret Dumont is sorting her cards before the deal has been completed. You are not supposed to pick up your cards until the dealing is finished. How uncouth!
Fun fact. Margaret Dumont was dubbed the fifth Marx brother. Imagine being gummo and finding out you’ve been replace 🤣
Margaret Dumont's reactions are just as funny as anything the Bros. do.
Pure gold.
Love how they made the (poor) women have hairstyles that Harpo beat.
Lady: You have the choice of seats.
(Harpo sits on lady's lap)
Chico: He thought it was contact bridge.
The first jab at the rich fanily with the potato joke, wow.
Laughter Can heal , I've heard that the Marx brothers movie Duck Soup is a Preferred Choice 😊😄
It's my favorite Marx Brothers movie. Margaret Dumont was considered the fifth Marx Brother. The ideal straight man
I love Margaret Dumont.
It's the end what makes this scene, as funny as they are playing bridge Harpo ends up pinching & wearing the woman on the lefts shoes and no one notices 😂
Out of the Paramount films they did- most say Duck Soup is their most nearly perfect film- but low key tho'- Animal Crackers could give it a run for their money and was probably the only film Ms. Dumont looked like she was tickled by the Marx Brothers antics
Harper was too crazy to be cute.
This was why I started playing bridge
Groucho always said Margaret Dumont was the best straight man he ever had. She was great.
I have no idea how to play bridge, but I have a sneaking suspicion this wouldn't make a good tutorial.
Pure genius even without the legendry Groucho 😊
we play for small stakes
n french fried potatoes? lol
Small stakes and french fried potatoes. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
“He thought it was contact Bridge”…lol
Too much!
two and ahalf minutes in and I fully know how to play bridge now
btw does anybody wanna play mahjohng?
Bridge between head stones headboards on bookings+ tailing boards stone's waiting for resoluted
Chico was always fair and on the up and up
🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍🆒️🕯
What is that accent ?
Italian😊
I'd still liked to know how harpo learned to play beautifully on the harp!?!? That would b 1 of my favorite parts..... But the dialogue between chico & Harpo......IF Harpo would have spoken..... It would have ruined the running of the film! Brilliant!
Margaret is a good 4 inches taller than Chico!
Hahahahahahahah
When comedy just tried to be funny...
Love the Marx brothers. And the 3 stooges. If only Hitler saw them, perhaps he'd have thought twice about his plan's.
It is said Hitler was a fan of the Brothers. A Marxist indeed.
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