Duck Soup (1933 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Duck Soup is a 1933 Marx Brothers anarchic comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, with additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin, and directed by Leo McCarey. First released theatrically by Paramount Pictures on November 17, 1933, it starred what were then billed as the 'Four Marx Brothers' (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo) and also featured Margaret Dumont, Raquel Torres, Louis Calhern and Edgar Kennedy. It was the last Marx Brothers film to feature Zeppo, and the last of five Marx Brothers movies released by Paramount. ..."
Video Products
Animal Crackers - Duck Soup, 9 Nov 1999
2-tape set
2-tape set
Duck Soup, 17 Oct 2000
Duck Soup - Horse Feathers, 29 Aug 2000
2-tape set
2-tape set
The Marx Brothers Collection - Duck Soup, 8 Aug 1995
The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection, 9 Nov 2004
6-disc box set, includes The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, Duck Soup and bonus material
6-disc box set, includes The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, Duck Soup and bonus material
Articles
Hail, Hail, Freedonia!, by Roland Watson, 2 Jul 2002
Describes a fictional, anarcho-capitalist Freedonia and compares it with a fictional, statist Sylvania
"... one of the Marx Brothers' films 'Duck Soup' leaves us in no doubt about the anti-war and anti-fascist nature of their possibly best movie. Today, I am not so much focusing on the Freedonia of that film, but another Freedonia partly inspired by a dialogue in the film where Groucho (as Rufus T. Firefly, ruler of Freedonia) holds a cabinet meeting ..."
Describes a fictional, anarcho-capitalist Freedonia and compares it with a fictional, statist Sylvania
"... one of the Marx Brothers' films 'Duck Soup' leaves us in no doubt about the anti-war and anti-fascist nature of their possibly best movie. Today, I am not so much focusing on the Freedonia of that film, but another Freedonia partly inspired by a dialogue in the film where Groucho (as Rufus T. Firefly, ruler of Freedonia) holds a cabinet meeting ..."
Freedom's Flicks: The 20 Best Libertarian Movies of all Time, Nov 1999
Related Topics: Top 20 Libertarian Films, Casablanca, Fahrenheit 451, The Fountainhead, Gone With the Wind, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, A Man for All Seasons, Ninotchka, The Quiet Man, The Searchers, The Ten Commandments
The Orange County Register picks movies for "freedom lovers"
"17. Duck Soup (1933). The Marx Brothers turn war into anarchy. All hail, Freedonia!"
Related Topics: Top 20 Libertarian Films, Casablanca, Fahrenheit 451, The Fountainhead, Gone With the Wind, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, A Man for All Seasons, Ninotchka, The Quiet Man, The Searchers, The Ten Commandments
The Orange County Register picks movies for "freedom lovers"
"17. Duck Soup (1933). The Marx Brothers turn war into anarchy. All hail, Freedonia!"
More Anti-War Films, by Butler Shaffer, 21 May 2007
Related Topics: Films
More short summaries of anti-war films with rankings in terms of importance, follow-up to "Memorial Day Alternative"
"The Marx Brothers slapstick assault on the war system, with Groucho — as Freedonia's prime minister — declaring war on a neighboring country for no apparent reason. My favorite line in the film is when, in the course of battle, Groucho tells the others that they are fighting for (Margaret Dumont's) 'honor: which is probably more than she ever did.'"
Related Topics: Films
More short summaries of anti-war films with rankings in terms of importance, follow-up to "Memorial Day Alternative"
"The Marx Brothers slapstick assault on the war system, with Groucho — as Freedonia's prime minister — declaring war on a neighboring country for no apparent reason. My favorite line in the film is when, in the course of battle, Groucho tells the others that they are fighting for (Margaret Dumont's) 'honor: which is probably more than she ever did.'"