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    Duck Soup (1933 film) - Wikipedia

    • Duck Soup is a 1933 American pre-Code musical black comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby (with additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin) and directed by Leo McCarey. Released by Paramount Pictures on November 17, 1933, it stars the four Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo in his final film appearance) and also … See more

    Release dateNovember 17, 1933 (USA)
    Content ratingNot Rated · TV-G
    GenreComedy · Musical
    Directed byLeo McCarey
    Plot

    Wealthy widow Gloria Teasdale is asked to give twenty million dollars to the small, financially struggling nation of Freedonia; she agrees on the condition that Rufus T. Firefly is appointed the country's leader. Meanwhile… See more

    Cast

    • Groucho Marx as Rufus T. Firefly, the leader of Freedonia
    • Harpo Marx as Pinky, a spy for Sylvania
    • Chico Marx as Chicolini, another spy for Sylvania… See more

    Production notes

    The Marx Brothers' previous film, Horse Feathers, had been Paramount's highest-grossing film of 1932. Encouraged by this success, the studio suggested on August 2, 1932, that they rush out a follow-up. Already at t… See more

    Soundtrack

    Breaking with their usual pattern, neither Harpo's harp nor Chico's piano is used in the film, although Harpo briefly pretends to play harp on the strings of a piano.
    The musical introduction to Groucho's character i… See more

    Reception

    Although Duck Soup did not perform as well as Horse Feathers, it was the sixth-highest-grossing film of 1933, according to Glenn Mitchell in The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia and Simon Louvish in Monkey Business. … See more

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