Monkey Business (Paramount, 1931) The Marx Brothers 9.5" x 7.5" Original Studio Release Photograph by R...

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Monkey Business (Paramount, 1931) The Marx Brothers 9.5" x 7.5" Original Studio Release Photograph by Ray Jones. PSA/DNA Type 1. Vintage gelatin silver glossy borderless 9.5" x 7.5" studio release photograph of Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo Marx in Monkey Business by Ray Jones, with credit wet stamps on the verso. The Marx Brothers' third feature film and their first written directly for the screen, Monkey Business follows the anarchic quartet as stowaways aboard an ocean liner, where they wreak havoc among passengers and crew before becoming entangled with gangsters on shore. Packed with nonstop sight gags, improvisation, and Groucho's biting one-liners, the film helped cement the brothers' reputation as masters of pre-Code comedy and remains one of their most beloved works.

Groucho (to Thelma Todd): "You're a woman who's been getting nothing but dirty breaks. Well, we can clean and tighten your brakes, but you'll have to stay in the garage all night."

Groucho (to Zeppo): "You know, you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle."

Chico (explaining how to get off the ship): "You can't get outta here, it's against the law. You wanna get outta here, you gotta break the law!"

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