Harpo performs - A night in Casablanca

[tnt88910]

I Luv these guys

[OrganicSoulutions]

Brilliant. Its my absolut All time favorit Movie since i saw it the first time when i was seven or eight. Yeahhh!!!!!

[coasternut3091]

The only times he has a serious face in these movies

[1977Mariachi]

There is an old movie from this era where a woman who is an angel comes to help some man. She doesnt reveal she is is an angel at first and just tries to help him, anyway there is a scene in it where she plays the harp for him and it sounded amazing. If anyone has any idea what the film might be please let me know I have been looking for it a long time. Thanks

[jsmyers24151]

This is my favorite Harpo piece from my favorite Marx Brothers movie. This is actually the first Marx Brothers movie I ever saw; I was hooked from then on. Laughed a bunch thoughout.

[Portacal13]

AMAZING!!!!! LOVE HIM!!!!!!

[capttheo1]

Could someone PLEASE tell me the name of the piece? It's a favorite of mine, I just can't think of the name to save my life. Many thanx.

[polarten]

@capttheo1 rhapsody #2 by franz liszt.

[vernonbigsby]

YESSSSS!!!!!

[WimGrundy]

YouyTube is the greatest medium since Gutenberg; HARPO FOREVER!!

[HazukiOfMutsu]

"A Night In Casablanca" is the only Marx brothers film I haven't seen yet. I can't find it anywhere in my library...is it lying around online somewheres?

[kdraper2007]

@HazukiOfMutsu you can buy a 4 movie set on DVD of Marx brothers movies that includes A Night in Casablanca at Barnes & Noble bookstores.

[HazukiOfMutsu]

@kdraper2007 I actually have all the Marx Bros on DVD except "A Night In Casablanca" and "Love Happy", although I'm considering replacing them because they're kind of...beat. I'll take a look at Barns and Noble once I've scraped up enough $. :)

[desiberry]

One word: beautiful.

[taleisyn]

the only time i ever headbanged to a harp

[Littlewhitelephant]

I just stumbled over Harpo Marx and like his subtlety and how he joins medleys from different pieces but sure he's just following the way the pieces are linked together in himself by way of association. Very gifted indeed (as Harpo and Groucho) !

[BarbB1953]

I loved this, too, when I first heard it, as a child. Now, as an adult, the power of the scene is not just Harpo's playing, although it's arguably the best he does in any of the movies (and one performance that doesn't have or need any orchestra accompaniment); it's also in the ancient dignity and sadness of the music, set amid the looted treasures of Europe, in a movie released in 1946. That's so very powerful. Indeed: Hooray for Harpo!

[elfgirl3]

Harpo was born in 1888 and Night in Casablanca was made in 1946... making him age 58 at the time

[merossi1]

He's an amazing musician...and I always thought of him only as a mime!!!

[NoSongTwice]

He would be - this film was made a good decade after their best known films, like A Night At The Opera. It's really quite sad, seeing them older in this one.

[Kothag]

FYI the music he's playing is Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, by Franz Liszt.

[Headless425]

normally, i think of the harp as a pretty boring instrument. this guy makes the harp, to me, seem like a different instrument!

[TheNonsensical]

Hooray for Harpo, right? ;)

[Headless425]

yup!

[next2lastmohican]

AWSOME!!!!!

[montezumasrevenge]

What did you think it would sound like? A snare drum?

[hcjr103]

LOL

[daddyd0c]

this scene has stuck with me from my childhood. harpo making sounds come out of a harp that i had never imagined could come out of an instrument like that.