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Subject: Marx Bros. trivia

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Jo Ann

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Date Posted: Mon, Jan. 01 2007, 03:07 pm

I remember that in one of the Marx Bros. films, there was a scene where the grand piano was dismantled and Harpo retrieved the insides of the piano as...you guessed it...a harp. It seems that that same flick also had a performance by Cab Caloway as well. Any clues?

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[> Subject: Re: Marx Bros. trivia
Author: Fremont [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Sat, Feb. 03 2007, 11:59 pm WOW! SOmeone else with the same movie scene as I remember, and also, sadly, without the clue of the movie title. After reading "Harpo Speaks", he became my favorite. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Marx Bros. trivia
Author: The Lilac Pilgrim [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Wed, Feb. 07 2007, 12:35 pm The movie was A Day At The Races, as Harpo was trying to prevent himself being captured at a party he and Chico weren't invited to. In an attempt to play the piano, he goes a little overboard and destroys the piano, thus 'releasing' the "harp" from the inside. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Marx Bros. trivia
Author: Fremont [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Thu, Feb. 08 2007, 12:18 am thank you thank you! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Marx Bros. trivia
Author: The Lilac Pilgrim [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Thu, Feb. 08 2007, 09:05 am No problem. It's always a pleasure to help a fellow Marxist ^^ [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Marx Bros. trivia
Author: Fremont [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Thu, Feb. 08 2007, 09:01 pm ba-da chh (rimshot) Is Jo Ann correct about the Cab Calloway performance? I really need to watch that movie again.. "It's been so long since I've been away..." [ Post a Reply to This Message ]