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A day at the Races

DVD - 2004 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.4 out of 5

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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1937.
Special features: commentary by the Marx Brothers encyclopedia author Glenn Mitchell; all-new documentary on your Marx, get set, go!; 4 vintage shorts: Robert Benchley's oscar-nominated A Night At the Movies and the cartoons Gallopin' Gals, Mama's New Hat and Old Smokey; audio-only treasures: musical outtake a Message From the Man in the Moon and Leo is On the Air radio promo; theatrical trailer.
The Marx Brothers, Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan.
Doctor Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big horse race. The doctor runs into some problems. The doctor runs a high priced clinic for the well-off who do not have a clue that he has a degree in Veterinary Medicine.
DVD, region 1, fullscreen presentation; Dolby Digital mono.

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Marx Bros. and blackface submitted by willow on August 31, 2016, 6:31am There is a musical number in A Day at the Races, in which Harpo leads a large group of blacks in a (stereotypical / happy) dance number (All God's Children), which ends with the Marx Brothers applying blackface to evade police.

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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

PUBLISHED
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2004]
Year Published: 2004
Description: 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0790745526 :

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Wood, Sam, 1883-1949.
Pirosh, Robert.
Seaton, George, 1911-1979.
Oppenheimer, George.
Jones, Allan, 1907-1992.
O'Sullivan, Maureen, 1911-1998.
Mitchell, Glenn.
Benchley, Robert.
Marx Brothers.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Turner Entertainment Co.
Warner Home Video (Firm)

SUBJECTS
Horse racing -- Betting -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Comedy films.