A Day at the Races (1937)-TCM Greatest Classics Films Collection DVD Release

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Feb 3, 2010 (Calcutta Tube): The DVD of the English movie A Day At the Races (1935) directed by Sam Wood with Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx in lead roles, has been released on Feb 2, 2010 in the TCM Greatest Classics Films Collection. The collection also includes the movies A Night in Casablanca / Room Service / At the Circus.

A Day At The Races (1937) : The comedy movie is about Dr. Hackenbush, Tony, Stuffy who try to save Judy’s farm by winning a big race with her horse. The doctor runs a clinic for the lady, in spite of his degree as a vet. The film was nominated for Oscar. The movie was filmed in CA, USA.

Genre:

Comedy

Taglines
* Three Great Laff Stars ! . . . more gags and gals . . . more songs and dances !
* America’s Joy-Friends are back again in the grandest entertainment gallop of 1937! More howls, more girls, more song hits than “A Night At The Opera”! Oh boy!
* as the barrier goes up on the Whopper of all Musical Fun Shows!
* The Year’s BIG Laugh, Music and Girl Show!

Technical Specifications
Color info:     Black and White / Black and White (Sepiatone) / Black and White (blue tinted)
Sound mix:     Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Laboratory:     MGM Studio Lab, USA
Negative format:     35 mm
Process:     Spherical
Printed format:     35 mm
Aspect ratio:     1.37 : 1

Cast and Crew:

Directed by
Sam Wood

Writers
Story
Robert Pirosh & George Seaton
Screenplay
Robert Pirosh & George Seaton & George Oppenheimer

Producers
Max Siegel … associate producer
Sam Wood … producer
Irving Thalberg … producer (uncredited)
Lawrence Weingarten … producer (uncredited)

Cast – in credits order  (verified as complete)
Groucho Marx … Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush
Chico Marx … Tony
Harpo Marx … Stuffy
Allan Jones … Gil Stewart
Maureen O’Sullivan … Judy Standish
Margaret Dumont … Emily Upjohn
Leonard Ceeley … Whitmore
Douglass Dumbrille … J.D. Morgan
Esther Muir … Flo Marlowe
Sig Rumann¹ … Dr. Leopold X. Steinberg
Robert Middlemass … Sheriff
Vivian Fay & Her Ballet¹ … Speciality Dancer
Ivie Anderson … Specialty Singer
The Crinoline Choir … Musical Ensemble
Other credited cast listed alphabetically
Hooper Atchley … Race judge (uncredited)
King Baggot … Race Track Official Starter (uncredited)
Kenny Baker … Party Guest (uncredited)
Vivian Barry … Telephone girl (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford … Secretary (uncredited)
Edna Bennett … Nurse (uncredited)
Troy Brown Jr. … Black singer (uncredited)
Ben Carter … Black singer (uncredited)
Jacqueline Clancy … Child (uncredited)
Gino Corrado … Man Boarding Bus (uncredited)
DeForest Covan … Black singer (uncredited)
George Cowl … Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Daley … Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Dorothy Dandridge … Black singer (uncredited)
Vivian Dandridge … Black singer (uncredited)
Frankie Darro … Morgan’s jockey (uncredited)
Frank Dawson … Doctor (uncredited)
Dudley Dickerson … Wheelchair attendant (uncredited)
Billy Dooley … Race Track Bugler (uncredited)
Edward Earle … Race judge (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth … Jockey (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty … Detective with sheriff (uncredited)
Bess Flowers … Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Ray Flynn … Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Byron Foulger … Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Jack George … Musician (uncredited)
John Hiestand … Radio announcer (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson … Policeman at Racetrack (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull … Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
John Hyams … Judge (uncredited)
Si Jenks … Messenger (uncredited)
Jack W. Johnston … Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Darby Jones … Black singer (uncredited)
Etta Jones … Black singer (uncredited)
Jack Kenny … Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Edith Kingdon … Old woman (uncredited)
Carole Landis … Party Guest (uncredited)
Harry Lash … Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint … Doctor (uncredited)
Max Lucke … Doctor (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack … Race judge (uncredited)
Mary MacLaren … Nurse (uncredited)
Alex Melesh … Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse … Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer … Party Guest (uncredited)
Etta Moten … Black singer (uncredited)
Henry Mowbray … Man for Hat Business (uncredited)
Field Norton … Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Norton … Drunk (uncredited)
Frank O’Connor … Racetrack Guard (uncredited)
Victor Potel … Horn blower (uncredited)
Russ Powell … Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
James Quinn … Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Gus Robinson … Black singer (uncredited)
Phillips Smalley … Racing Spectator with Wrong Hat (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge … Dr. Wilmerding (uncredited)
Elizabeth Williams … Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Harry Wilson … Detective with sheriff (uncredited)
Buck Woods … Black singer (uncredited)

Original Music
Walter Jurmann
Bronislau Kaper
Franz Waxman (uncredited)

Cinematographers
Joseph Ruttenberg

Editors
Frank E. Hull

Art Directors
Cedric Gibbons

Awards:

Academy Awards, USA
1938
•      Nominated, Oscar
Best Dance Direction
Dave Gould
• For “All God’s Children Got Rhythm”.

Release Dates
USA      –      11 June 1937
Sweden      –      4 October 1937
France      –      1 December 1937
Finland      –      3 December 1937
Denmark      –      8 December 1937
Italy      –      3 February 1939
Hong Kong      –      16 November 1939
Spain      –      5 January 1940 (Madrid)
West Germany      –      15 April 1967 (TV premiere)
Finland      –      31 March 1972 (re-release)
Spain      –      5 April 1974 (re-release)
Spain      –      12 May 1982 (re-release)
West Germany      –      1983 (re-release: theatrical)
UK      –      5 July 2002 (re-release)
Greece      –      12 September 2003 (re-release)

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How could they omit A Night at the Opera?   Review Date: October 31, 2009 Reviewer: calvinnme, Fredericksburg, Va The two really great films that the Marx Brothers did after they left Paramount were "A Night at the Opera" (the best IMHO) and "A Day at the Races". These two have Margaret Dumont sparring with Groucho as usual. "Races" and "Opera" were the two films that boy genius Irving Thalberg supervised after personally wooing the Marx's to come to MGM in the first place. Louis B. Mayer really had no use for the brothers, and it shows in the kinds of films they were given after Thalberg died in 1936. The best of the Marx Brothers are what they did at Paramount, still with us in The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection (The Cocoanuts / Animal Crackers / Monkey Business / Horse Feathers / Duck Soup). The Marx Brothers were iconoclasts at heart, and after the production code began to be enforced they really had no home in motion pictures. I think Irving Thalberg was wrong to think that the problem was that the brothers never helped anyone in their movies, but the formula he came up with in "Opera" and "Races" did make their comedy work in the age of the code. "At the Circus" and "A Night in Casablanca" are OK. On the bright side "At the Circus" has Margaret Dumont. On the not so bright side it is infected with musical numbers that are, quite frankly, boring. "A Night in Casablanca" almost gets the boys back to the quality they had in the mid 30's under Thalberg, so it is worthwhile viewing, although it does lend a generosity to the boys that simply does not fit their brand of humor. "Room Service" (1938) is actually an RKO film, so for once no musical numbers. This script was not written especially for the brothers, it was one of the few films they did with adapted material. The humor is OK, but it just doesn't seem like a Marx Brothers film. In my opinion The Marx Brothers Collection (A Night at The Opera/A Day at The Races/A Night in Casablanca/Room Service/At the Circus/Go West/The Big Store) is a more complete picture of the film career of the Marx Brothers after the code. It has plenty of extra features and it is often on sale for about the same price as this set, plus you get seven films, not just four. A time to reflect   Review Date: January 12, 2010 Reviewer: Cinemabon, United States As a lifelong fan of "Minnie's boys" and someone who personally met Groucho, I love the Marx Brothers. However, even the most ardent fan feels some trepidation when it comes to how "darkies" were portrayed in the 1930's and 1940's cinema of its day. Especially, "A Day at the Races." It is extremely questionable to publically air this film in an era where the representation of African Americans as "bug eyed" and "tap dancin" fools seems hopelessly out of date. We've come a long way in American culture and this film's stereotype was probably more a product of the studio than how the brothers felt about racial issues. Being Jewish, they knew about prejudice and bigotry. I believe that today, Groucho would not be very proud of this work. While the jokes are fair, this is collection does not showcase their best work (Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera, Animal Crackers, Horse Feathers, or Monkey Business - even The Big Store is funnier). The one bit ("getta you ice cream!") with Groucho and Chico at the race track is priceless if you can skip over the rest of the filler stuff and ignore the terrible racially biased musical numbers ("Who dat man? Dat's Gabriel!"). I highly recommend these other films mentioned if you want to hear to famous one liners or see the musical asides for which Groucho, Chico, and yes, even the silent Harpo made famous.

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