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Starring: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx

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Actors: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx
Format: Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Release Date: Nov 9 2004

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

ASIN: B0002MHDYW
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There will be a debate of which 2004 DVD collection of Marx Brothers films was better. This Universal release of the better known Paramount-produced films are the only ones starring all four brothers: Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo. The Warner collection contains less-vital films, but is loaded with extras and commentaries. The Universal collection contains only 20 minutes of interviews from NBC's Today Show--interesting but short--with Harpo, Groucho, and Harpo's son Bill from the '60s and '70s. All of the films in this collection were released on DVD by Image Entertainment in 2000 and the prints look the same, which isn't necessarily bad; one just wishes a major restoration had been undertaken.

The films--packaged handsomely with a booklet--are essential Marx Brothers, their first five films made from 1929 to 1933. The least timeless is their first, The Cocoanuts, based on their Broadway hit. The film--one of the first full talkies--takes place in a hotel with owner Groucho out to grab every dollar. Animal Crackers is the brothers' first classic, a lickety-split comedy about an art theft being investigated by Groucho's alter-image, Captain Spaulding. For introducing youngsters to the work of Marx, Monkey Business is the best way. The shenanigans start right at the start as the brothers stowaway on a luxury liner. It's their first film that wasn't based on a play, as they endeavored to find new material. Horse Feathers gave them more fertile ground plus a sure-fire Hollywood director at the helm (Norman McLeoad). Their fantasia of college life includes the riotous football-game finale. Music, always a key part of their plays and films is given more weight here and includes Groucho's theme, "I'm Against It." Music is again key as the musicals of the era are spoofed in the brothers' undisputed masterpiece, Duck Soup. From a land called Fredonia, Groucho plays a slapdash ruler who rewrites the rules of governing, leading to a most memorable war with Sylvania (so war gets lampooned. too). Duck Soup also boasts the most famous Marx brothers sketch: Groucho trying to fool his mirror. --Doug Thomas

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Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the greatest comedy act in history with The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection. This essential DVD set features the legendary four Marx Brothers in five of their most acclaimed and best loved films - Duck Soup, Horse Feathers, Monkey Business, Animal Crackers and The Cocoanuts - the only five movies ever made with all four brothers together: Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointing DVD Set, Dec 27 2004

By	J. Pinkerton Snoopington (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Universal's "The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection" gathers Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo's first five films: The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, and Duck Soup. All of them are fantastically funny films, with the brothers in fantastic comic form. There is a loose, improvisational feeling to these films that is lacking from their later work, and the good feeling exhibited by them is downright infectuous. The weakest, the stagy and awkwardly paced "The Cocoanuts," still has many great moments, and the best, "Duck Soup," is a hilarious political satire that holds its own against the best movies ever made.
The high quality of these movies makes the incredible lacklustre boxed set a great disappointment. The image quality is mediocre at best, with tinny sound, blurry picture, scratches, vertical lines, and heavy grain. While it's true that some of these problems are due to poor source material (particularly in the case of "The Cocoanuts"), they're practically inexcusable in "Horse Feathers" and "Duck Soup." Obviously no restoration whatsoever was made to these films.
The biggest disappointment is in the extras, or lack therof. The "entire bonus disc of additional materials" amounts to nothing more than three short "Today Show" interviews with Harpo (in mime), Groucho, and William Marx, Harp's son. While the interviews are amusing, their combined running time is less than twenty minutes and hardly qualify for an extra disc. Also scattered amond the individual discs are trailers for "Animal Crackers," "Horse Feathers," and "Duck Soup." Films of such high regard cry out for documentaries and commentaries similar to the ones on Warner Brothers' other Marx Brothers set.
One nice thing about the set is its packaging, which is handsome and elegant (although perhaps too elegant...something the brothers might have mocked in one of their films). With the packaging is a 40-page booklet, a large chunk of which is made up of mundane things like the chapter listings for each film. The historical information in the booklet is perfectly adequate, but hardly as "spectacular" as the box claims.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Box o' fun, Mar 20 2007

By	Jerry Eberts (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The movies here are the first five the Marx Bros. made (when there were four of them: Chico, Harpo, Groucho & Zeppo) and these Paramount flicks are wonderfully zany, madcap, loony, etc. The quality of the prints is not good, which is a drag, and the extras are practically nonexistent. However, anyone who believes himself to be a serious fan of comedy should see these five movies. When the three Marx Bros. moved to MGM, "genius" Irving Thalberg toned down their insanity and forced them to inject Chaplinesque pathos, plus more linear storylines, which many of us believe wrecked the anarchic weirdness of the early, "funnier" movies. (Thalberg was correct, as far as the box office went. The Marx Bros. movies made at MGM made a lot more money and even Groucho said they were better movies. But what did he know about comedy?)
Any Marx Bros. movie is better than no Marx Bros. movie, and the Silver Screen Collection contains their best stuff. Highly recommended, even with its faults.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Important but somewhat lacking, Dec 18 2004

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This is an important release - the first five Marx Brothers films still in existence. (Ironic that *Universal* is issuing this set, seeing as how all 5 were originally Paramount productions.)

The transfers are probably the best that can be done, but "Cocoanuts" shows its age the most, where transitions in quality (perhaps between existing prints?) are somewhat jarring.

The extras are disappointing - an entire disc devoted to nothing more than 3 Today Show segments? It's a shame at least one documentary wasn't included , which would have helped introduce the brothers to a new generation of admirers.

As it is, it's great to have these films finally available on DVD, in spite of their condition. Now my aging copy of "Duck Soup" on VHS can be finally retired...

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Collection
As a huge Marx Brothers fan I ordered this set as soon as it became available. It has five Marx Brothers' classics - the Zeppo era, as well as a disk of bonus material. Read more

Published on Nov 24 2004 by Michael Emond