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At the Circus is a 1939 comedy film starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo and Chico) released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in which they help save a circus from bankruptcy. The film contains Groucho Marx's classic rendition of "Lydia the Tattooed Lady". The supporting cast includes Florence Rice, Kenny Baker, Margaret Dumont, and Eve Arden.
The film follows Santino, a circus kid. He travels round the country with his family and animals, and is here today, there tomorrow. [1] [2] [3] The film was selected in the Generation Kplus section at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it will have its World premiere on 15 February and compete for Grand Prize for Best Film. [4]
Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" is a 1939 song written by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen. [1] It first appeared in the Marx Brothers film At the Circus (1939) and became one of Groucho Marx's signature tunes. It subsequently appeared in the movie The Philadelphia Story (1940), sung by Virginia Weidler as Dinah Lord.
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Before he became a star, Baker sang as a member of the Vitaphone chorus at Warner Bros. [2]At the height of his radio fame, and after leaving the Benny show in 1939 (succeeded by Dennis Day, whose tenor voice was very similar to Baker's), he appeared in 17 film musicals, including Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937), At the Circus (1939), and The Harvey Girls (1946).
Burke (left) with Humphrey Bogart in film Dead End (1937)Burke made his stage debut in New York around 1912 and went to Hollywood in 1933. He made over 200 film appearances during his career between 1932 and 1964, some of them uncredited.
Circus proprietor Larsen E. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy (Bergen's ventriloquist's dummy/alter-ego, whom Whipsnade hates). Whipsnade's co-ed daughter pays a visit and falls in love with Bergen, but after she sees the financial mess ...
A Night in Casablanca is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, and Chico).The screenplay was written by Joseph Fields and Roland Kibbee.