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. 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. Exterior sequences were filmed at Santa Anita Park. 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). ... See Marx brothers (fencing) for the 16th century German brotherhood. ... Margaret Dumont was the stage-name of American comic actor Daisy Juliette Baker (October 20, 1889 - March 6, 1965), remembered mostly for being the comic foil to Groucho Marx in seven of the Marx Brothers movies. ... Allan Jones ( October 14, 1908 – January 27, 1992) was an American actor and singer. ... Not to be confused with the later actress Maureen OHara. ... A Night At the Opera is a 1935 comedy film starring the Marx Brothers. ... 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. ...

One of the funniest scenes in the movie is when 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).

Wallpaper scene from "A Day at the Races"

In another hilarious 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. (see image). Download high resolution version (3300x2550, 712 KB)Still of Marx Brothers 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, 712 KB)Still of Marx Brothers File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

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. ...

External links

• IMDb entry for A Day at the Races (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028772/)