| | Day At The Races DVD
| Category | Comedies DVDs, Recommended Movies, Classic Videos, Essential Cinema, Vintage, Slapstick, Buddies, AFI Top 100 Laughs | | Starring | Marx Brothers, Sig Ruman, Maureen O'Sullivan, Margaret Dumont, Allan Jones, Douglass Dumbrille, Esther Muir | | Director | Sam Wood | | Choreographer | Dave Gould | | Composer | Bronislau Kaper, Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn | | Director of Photography | Joseph Ruttenberg | | Editor | Frank Hull | | Music Director | Franz Waxman | | Producer | Max Siegel | | Story | George Oppenheimer | | Writer | Robert Pirosh, Bob Seaton |
Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he has his degree in Veterinary Medicine. Stars the Marx Brothers. This hysterical outing turns the boys loose in a sanitarium. Groucho moves up in life from ministering to horses at the track to minding the hypochondriacal ills of patients such as those of the inimitable Ms. Dumont. The film is considered one of the Marx Brothers' best. Maureen O'Sullivan plays Judy Standish, a woman whose sanitarium is about to be foreclosed upon. Standish begs for help from rich patient Emily Updike, played by the hysterically funny Maragaret Dumont. Updike agrees to save the sanitarium but demands that her favorite medical practitioner, Dr. Hugo Hackenbush (Groucho Marx), be placed in charge. Hackenbush is a horse doctor by trade. Thus begins another wacky, silly adventure with the kings of comedy, Groucho, Chico, and Harpo Marx. Chico, a racing tipster, and Harpo, a jockey, find faith in Hackenbush when they discover that the good doctor is a fraud, so the trio sets off to defeat the nasty bankers who continue to scheme for the sanitarium, while also pushing forward the incipient love affair between Standish and struggling singer Gil Stewart (Allan Jones). Also included is the horse race for which the film is named, a carnival of bathing beauties, and some very odd musical numbers. Irving Thalberg, the man responsible for bringing the Marx Brothers to MGM, died of pneumonia while supervising preproduction, which was extensive. Over two years, 18 scripts were written. As with A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, the final script was taken on the road as a traveling theater piece. Audience members were allowed to give written feedback on the performance.
The film was banned in Latvia under the assertion that it contained nothing of value.
Day At The Races Reviews: "…...A DAY AT THE RACES contains its fair share of priceless routines..."
-- Paul Roland, Total Film Day At The Races | List Price | $19.97 (You save $5.48) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1937 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  22969  | | CD Universe Part number | 6683016 | | Catalog number | 65139 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 04, 2004 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 110 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Black & White; Subtitled | | Movie Details | B&W; Full Frame; Black & White; Subtitled |
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