Marx Brothers- I'll Say She Is

[bubbles02010]

heeyy, listen whats da deal here! ^^

[diddymuck]

this isn't very good; still it's watchable thank to whose in it!

[mravantgarde123]

i love the marx bros! they pure genius!

[L1S91]

You'll recognize a lot of one liners that were expanded in their movies.

[TCall2004]

They did the Chevalier imitation bit in "Monkey Business."

[CharlieChaplinsAngel]

OMG!!! I read this bit in a book! This is so funny! They talk so fast! That ending is SO CHAOTIC! Thank you a million times for uploading this!

[Erinesque1978]

Why can't I like this a million times?! I love the Marx Bros! Speaking of whom, anybody have any idea where I can find the clip from "I've got a Secret", where Chico impersonated Harpo and Groucho, who was on the panel, was unable to distinguish them?

[Bixfan78]

This is from a 1931 film promoting the Paramount studio, called "The House That Shadows Built." This can't (entirely) be a sketch from 1924, because Chevalier was unknown to American audiences at that time--and "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" was written in 1930 by Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal and Pierre Norman for Chevalier's Paramount film "The Big Pond."

[kurumais]

just brillant

[DoctorScuba]

great timeing!

[hadamday64]

if you listen close to Zeppo when hes explaining his show its the opening for "Animal Crackers"

[Starcastle2009]

This was an audition demo made for MGM - there were no talkies in 1924.

[MFPhoto1]

@Starcastle2009

There were no commercial talkies. There were experiments on syncronized soundtracks going back to when movies were first invented. But obviously, this was made much later than 1924. Soundtracks in 1924 were of a much lower quality.

[Starcastle2009]

@MFPhoto1 Absolutely correct. This demo was made in 1931. The Broadway Show, "I'll say she is" ran in 1924.

[VigilantRebel87]

the best is when Harpo just sits on the guys head at the end! lmao

[WSenator1]

Only one word is missing - PASSPORT!

[Dfrankjazz]

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[tslampyak]

Well, this can't be from 1924, since synchronized sound film didn't come until 1927. But it's a great scene!

[Vitanola]

@tslampyak

The scene featured in this clip is a alight modification of the opening of the Marx's 1924 STAGE revue "I'll Say She Is", filmed by Paramount in '31. I presume the Chevalier imitations are the 1931 additions.

[MFPhoto1]

@Vitanola  Right. In the 1924 original they did Gallagher and Shean imitations. It was a salute to their Uncle Al Shean who wrote some of their early comedy material.

[obiwanobiwan13]

Wow, they have all four personas down perfectly already, and this is five years before their first film, "The Cocoanuts." They did their shows in theatres long before their movies, but I didn't think they had their characters this solid this early.

Zeppo's the perfect straight man.

Chico's already got his...his "I'm-not-Italian-but-hey-I'm-C­hico" accent.

Groucho's...Groucho.

And Harpo's...Harpo.

XD

[YoungSHolmesfan]

I love the Brothers. Zeppo's my favorite. LOL. I wish he was in the pictures more and had more lines. He really was funny in real life too.

[PrimetimeD]

You're kidding aren't you not?

[CastingCrowns100]

"There's my argument, restrict immigration!"

[wcotton]

The funniest comedy team that ever was!

[DoctorScuba]

@wcotton oh yeah?.....Your only saying that because it's TRUE!

[brougham89]

Well, whaddya think of him? I wouldn't give him a dollar a week. Not so loud. He'll take it.

[mrsbogart]

haha. I love harpo and chico's handshake. but the guy had to stop it.

[drummers42]

"There's my argument--restrict immigration!"

[xxPatheticEmoxx]

I love chevalier!

[princesstamika]

"this is not monkey business nor is it pineapples"

the best Zeppo line wasn't even in the movies. Poor Zep.

[shipwreckedcamper]

I'll Say She Is was never made into a film, presumably because it was a revue rather than a play. A version of its opening scene, however, was made into a short for Paramount Pictures as part of a feature called The House That Shadows Built (1931), made to celebrate Paramount's 20th anniversary of their founding in 1912, and as a promotion for the then-upcoming Marx film Monkey Business.

[Chico1Marx]

Me encanta Chico es tan tan tan divertido, y sus gestos son tan... es indescriptible. Gracias Zukauskas93 desde España

[HeraldMB]

"I want to play a dramatic part, the kind that touch-a the woman's heart!" Lol I love that :)

[darksorcerermusic]

amazing,,,, never saw that before......they used most of these gags in there films.

[DrDutchdoom]

thanks

glad i found this again.

[POTC1203]

Do you have this whole movie? And if so, can you post it? I want to watch the whole thing, but I can't find it. Thanks! :)

[TigerRocket]

This is the entire film. It is part of what used to be called 'Paramount On Parade'. Paramount Studio stars would perform short pieces just for the collection. Sort of a promotional tool highlighting the years hot stars which would play in movie theaters along with the news reel before the main attraction. This one is for 1931.

[POTC1203]

Oh, I didn't know that. I just saw in the description to this vid that it said it was a scene from I'll Say She Is, so I thought there was a full-length film and this was only part of it.

[TigerRocket]

'I'll Say She Is' was the Marx Brothers first major hit on Broadway after vaudeville. It opened in May of 1924 to rave reviews. The clip seen here is available on 'The Unknown Marx Brothers,' an excellent documentary of the Brothers' careers.

[POTC1203]

Well, I watched "The Unknown Marx Brothers" yesterday, it was great, thanks for the suggesting it to me! :)

[HeraldMB]

'The Unknown Marx Brothers' is a great documentary! Oddly though, the VHS version contains the whole documentary while the DVD is drastically cut!

[TigerRocket]

Yes. I've not seen it but I would like to find a copy. Woody Allen is important to telling the story of their influence. I've read that there were problems obtaining signed releases for the DVD release.

[HeraldMB]

"I've read that there were problems obtaining signed releases for the DVD release."

Ohhhh, yeah that does makes sense. Well there are copies of the VHS on Amazon through 3rd party sellers. Good luck!

[TigerRocket]

Without a doubt one of their funniest routines on film. Thanks for sharing this always brilliant piece Zukauskas93!