THE MARX BROTHERS' DUCK SOUP

Showings

Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Wed, Dec 6, 2023 7:00 PM

Description

Comic Gems
THE MARX BROTHERS’ DUCK SOUP
Wednesday, December 6th at 7 PM
Hosted by Film Historian Glenn Andreiev
$15 Public | $10 Members
Indisputably the Marx Brothers’ greatest film, Duck Soup is a brilliant political satire, lampooning blundering dictatorial leaders, Fascism and authoritarian government with zany improvisations, non-stop gags, and pure silliness. When the tiny nation of Freedonia goes bankrupt, its wealthy benefactor, Mrs. Teasdale (Margaret Dumont), insists that the wacky Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) become the country's president. Sensing a weakness in leadership, the bordering nation of Sylvania sends in the spies Pinky (Harpo Marx) and Chicolini (Chico Marx) to set the stage for a revolution. (USA, 1933, 68 mins | Dir. Leo McCarey)