Banjo Arrives

[AndrewRudin]

I never "got" Durante... but THIS FILM alone justifies his whole career.

[shiro80]

i love banjo's piano song its a hit at parties and i always get the reform school idiot from my friend James!

[MsLisaLipgloss]

Greatest Christmas Movie Evah!

[71crm]

Jimmy Durantee was absolutely perfect for Banjo!!!!

[darksorcerermusic]

This story was inspired by Alexander wollcotts personality and he actually played himself/whiteside in the play...Banjo was basically Harpo..he was part of the Algonquin round table group...i never new this until i read Harpo marx autobiography..

[PawPants]

Transcribe the audio! "Come to my rule when I had followed...and bring some right brain!" ROFL

[Hildy2E]

Miss Preen!!!

[gnativerson]

great expressions by Mary Wickes !

[asalimi]

Jimmy Durante was an old vaudevillian, God bless him, who seemed to feel that the whole reason anyone was alive was to laugh, relax, and feel good, and his job was to make that happen. He comported himself accordingly.

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[PandoraChanel]

My Fav Movie Scee Ever! The Song Is Awsome! Thnx For Uploading This Scene!

[fromthesidelines]

George Kaufman (who co-wrote several of the Marx Brothers' Broadway shows, and was a close friend of Groucho's) and Moss Hart wrote the play that became this movie...and "Banjo" was definitely a thinly disguised version of the real Harpo [in fact, I believe Harpo himself played the role in at least one stage version of the original play].

[mebyrne]

I always thought Banjo was written as a tribute to Groucho. Oh, well! I could be wrong.

Thanks for the posting! Groucho or Harpo, this is my favorite scene in the entire movie.

[LesYeuxDeDarius]

Im lost in words... Possibly funniest scene in the history of movies, (and that scene includes his entire life, he is the god of comedy).

[chard16507]

Why does the movie channels only show this at christmas....Its a wonderful movie and play!

[swordfish1929]

not so much Harpo as Chico

[Chesterton7]

I love durante

[Patriciasinger]

@methogonzo Read "Harpo Speaks", his autobiography. The play was written by friends of his and 'Banjo' is in fact Harpo. Not as we see him in films, but as he was.

[TrashMan0mar]

where's the other scene when banjo locks the girl in the tomb?

[ReignOfPraine]

Oh, that's at the very end of the movie.

[DrCrabfingers]

This film and this song have been in my mind from the first (and only) time I saw it, years and years ago. Fantastic to see this again.

'Have you ever had the feeling that you wanted to stay....' That's showbiz. What's the title of the film?

[mortygwhiz]

The Man Who Came to Dinner