Monkey Business (1931)

Monkey Business (1931)

“Monkey Business” is a 1931 pre-Code comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod from a screenplay by S.J. Perelman, Will B. Johnstone, J. Carver Pusey, Al Shean and Arthur Sheekman.

On a transatlantic crossing, The Marx Brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship.

Cast:

• Groucho Marx – Groucho
• Harpo Marx – Harpo
• Chico Marx – Chico
• Zeppo Marx – Zeppo
• Rockliffe Fellowes – J.J. “Big Joe” Helton
• Harry Woods – “Alky” Briggs
• Thelma Todd – Lucille Briggs
• Ruth Hall – Mary Helton
• Tom Kennedy – First Mate Gibson
• Cecil Cunningham – Madame Swempski, opera singer giving interview on ship
• Charlotte Mineau – Emily, woman on veranda of mansion having an illicit affair
• Maxine Castle – Mrs Schmalhausen, opera singer performing “O Sole Mio”
• Rolfe Sedan – the ship’s barber
• Evelyn Pierce – Manicurist
• Billy Bletcher – Man buried in deck chair
• Bess Flowers – wife of man dressed – Indian at party
• Cyril Ring – Party guest
• Ben Taggart – Captain Corcoran
• Davison Clark – passport official

„Die Marx Brothers auf See“ (Monkey Business) ist eine Komödie aus dem Jahr 1931, die von Norman Z. McLeod nach einem Drehbuch von S.J. Perelman, Will B. Johnstone, J. Carver Pusey, Al Shean und Arthur Sheekman gedreht wurde.

Auf einer Atlantiküberquerung treiben die Marx Brothers ihre üblichen Späße und schaffen es, so ziemlich jeden an Bord des Schiffes zu verärgern.