Humor Risk
Humor Risk
24 minutes
1921
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Harpo played the hero, a detective named Watson who "made his entrance in a high hat, sliding down a coal chute into the basement". Groucho played an "old movie" villain, who "sported a long moustache and was clad in black", while Chico was probably his "chuckling [Italian] henchman". Zeppo portrayed a playboy who was the owner of a nightclub in which most of the action took place, including "a cabaret, [which allowed] the inclusion of a dance number". The final shot showed Groucho "in ball and chain, trudging slowly off into the gloaming". Harpo, in a rare moment of romantic glory, gets the girl in the end. This film is lost.
Genres Comedy
Stars Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Jobyna Ralston
Directors Al Posen, A. H. Vallet, Richard Smith, Jo Swerling, Max Lippman
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