Code book scene "A Day at the Races"

A Day at the Races (1937) is the seventh movie starring the three Marx Brothers, with Margaret Dumont, Allan Jones and Maureen O'Sullivan. Download high resolution version (3300x2550, 598 KB)Photo: Day at the Races File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (3300x2550, 598 KB)Photo: Day at the Races File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... The brothers in Hollywood: (left to right) Chico, Zeppo, Groucho, Harpo The Marx Brothers were a team of sibling comedians that played in vaudeville, stage plays, film and television. ... Margaret Dumont (born October 20, 1889; died March 6, 1965) was an American comedic actress. ... Allan Jones ( October 14, 1908 – January 27, 1992) was an American actor and singer. ... Not to be confused with the later actress Maureen OHara. ...

The plot revolves around Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho), who is a veterinarian illegally employed as the medical director of Standish Sanitarium owned by Judy Standish (Maureen). Among other things they have to do to save the sanitarium from developers is to keep Mrs. Upjohn (Dumont) as a patient. She, of course, insists on being treated only by Dr. Hackenbush. To try to expose Groucho as a fraud, the bad guys call in Dr. Steinberg, who is played by Siegfried Rumann (also known as Sig Ruman), who was also Groucho's nemesis in A Night at the Opera and A Night in Casablanca. Exterior sequences were filmed at Santa Anita Park. A Night At the Opera is a 1935 comedy film starring the Marx Brothers. ... Sheet Music Cover A Night in Casablanca (1946) is the twelfth Marx Brothers movie. ... Lily Okuru, a Japanese-American woman held at Santa Anita Park, poses with the statue of Seabiscuit, 1942 Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California opened in 1934 and is the oldest and most prestigious horse racetrack in Southern California. ...

Often considered one of the funniest scenes in the movie, Chico gives Groucho a tip on a horse, but in code, so that Groucho has to buy book after book from Chico to decipher the code (see image).

In another scene, Chico and Harpo try to keep Groucho away from the femme fatale by wallpapering right over everything. The bucket on Harpo's head is holding the paste.

Some of the songs in the movie by Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann, and Gus Kahn include "Tomorrow Is Another Day," "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm," and "Cosi-Cosa." The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Walter Jurmann (October 12, 1903 - June 17, 1971) was an Austrian-born composer of popular music renowned for his versatility who, after emigrating to the United States, specialized in film scores and soundtracks. ... Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886 - October 8, 1941) was a famous German-American musician, songwriter and lyricist. ...

Although well received, many fans consider this film the beginning of the Brothers' decline in film. Part of the reason they see is that the film's producer, and the Brothers' leading advocate at MGM, Irving Thalberg, died in mid production and thus the studio executive who best understood the Brothers' humor was gone. MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Irving Grant Thalberg (May 30, 1899–September 14, 1936) was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. ...

External links

• IMDb entry for A Day at the Races