New Year’s Day Marx Brothers Marathon!

Our annual Marx Brothers Marathon returns with a quadruple feature of anarchic hijinks featuring the Brothers taking on roles that range from heads of state to lowly stowaways… but you can be sure that no matter where they start, Groucho, Chico, and Harpo will somehow end up on top!

Groucho plays the absurdly unqualified and childish leader of Fredonia—a fictional European country—that brings his nation into war over the attentions of a rich widow (Dumont). As always, in true ‘Marxist’ fashion, the wacky antics and bizarre sight gags mask plenty of biting satirical commentary speaking truth to power. [NH]