![]() ![]() I’ll write to you twice a week.’Īlso in the cast are Virginia Grey, Virginia O’Brien, Henry Armetta, Marion Martin, William Tannen, Anna Demetrio, Paul Stanton, Russell Hicks, Bradley Page and William Talman. We could perhaps do without Martin singing ‘Tenement Symphony’ but certainly not without the priceless dialogue: Dumont: ‘I’m afraid after we’ve been married a while a beautiful young girl will come along and you’ll forget all about me.’ Groucho: ‘Don’t be silly. And the yarn gives Dumont a brilliantly done opportunity to get into a superb comedy tizzy as her character Martha Phelps’s wicked fiancé Mr Grover (Douglass Dumbrille) tries to swindle her nice nephew Tommy Rogers (Tony Martin) out of inheriting the store. Groucho Marx is on best funny form as Wolf J Flywheel, private detective at Margaret Dumont’s big store, the Phelps Department Store, while Chico Marx and Harpo Marx have their moments as Ravelli and Wacky. This Marx Brothers’ fifth and last film for MGM may possibly also be the least, but there are plenty of pleasures stocked up in this crazy comedy based on a story by Sgt Bilko’s creator, Nat Perrin. Director Charles Reisner’s 1941 comedy may be ordinary for the Marx Brothers, but it is funny nevertheless. ![]() ![]() The Big Store *** (1941, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Tony Martin, Margaret Dumont, Virginia Grey, Douglass Dumbrille) – Classic Movie Review 2402 ![]()
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