During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.
Directed by Robert Florey and Joseph Santley
based on play or musical
slapstick comedy
black and white
jewel thief
pre-code
real estate
hotel business
dancing girls
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Cast
Groucho Marx
Hammer
Harpo Marx
Red
Chico Marx
Pastrami
Zeppo Marx
Jamison
Oscar Shaw
Bob Adams
Mary Eaton
Polly Potter
Cyril Ring
Harvey Yates
Kay Francis
Penelope
Margaret Dumont
Mrs. Potter
Basil Ruysdael
Detective Hennessy
Barton MacLane
Bather
Dolores Hope
Crew
Robert Florey
Director
Joseph Santley
Director
George J. Folsey
Director of Photography
Irving Berlin
Musical
Joseph Ruttenberg
Camera Operator
Adolph Zukor
Presenter
Irving Berlin
Songs
Popular Reviews
26 reviews
steven senegal
6.0★ · 02/26/26
until now i couldn't remember why i didn’t think back on this film as favourably as the other marx brothers films and it almost immediately reminded me that it was because of the overly long and boring song and dance numbers that don’t involve anyone in the main plot and aren’t really related to the film in any way whatsoever. this is just a product of this film being an early talkie so that sort of thing would just randomly happen in these films only really to show off. i didn’t find it as egregious this go around as i did the first time but it still throws the pace off quite a bit. harpo is definitely my favourite in this one he has so many fantastic bits here. the ‘viaduct/why a duck’ bit between groucho and chico is great too. all in all a lot better than i remembered it being but still suffers slightly from being a product of its time in relation to the pacing issues.
until now i couldn't remember why i didn’t think back on this film as favourably as the other marx brothers films and it almost immediately reminded me that it was because of the overly long and boring song and dance numbers that don’t involve anyone in the main plot and aren’t really related to the film in any way whatsoever. this is just a product of this film being an early talkie so that sort of thing would just randomly happen in these films only really to show off. i didn’t find it as egregious this go around as i did the first time but it still throws the pace off quite a bit. harpo is definitely my favourite in this one he has so many fantastic bits here. the ‘viaduct/why a duck’ bit between groucho and chico is great too. all in all a lot better than i remembered it being but still suffers slightly from being a product of its time in relation to the pacing issues.
Stephen Kane
4.0★ · 01/13/26
What was all the dancing about
What was all the dancing about
Connor
6.0★ · 01/01/26
Door gag is absolutely fuckin brilliant
Door gag is absolutely fuckin brilliant
Maranda
6.0★ · 11/17/25
This was fine but I’m glad their movies got better over time lol
This was fine but I’m glad their movies got better over time lol
