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Humor Risk (1921)
Directed by Richard Smith
Comedy · 24m
Harpo played the hero, a detective named Watson who "made his entrance in a high hat, sliding down a coal chute into the basement". Groucho played an "old movie" villain, who "sported a long moustache and was clad in black", while Chico was probably his "chuckling [Italian] henchman". Zeppo portrayed a playboy who was the owner of a nightclub in which most of the action took place, including "a cabaret, [which allowed] the inclusion of a dance number". The final shot showed Groucho "in ball and chain, trudging slowly off into the gloaming". Harpo, in a rare moment of romantic glory, gets the girl in the end. This film is lost.
Cast
Groucho Marx
Harpo Marx
Chico Marx
Zeppo Marx
Jobyna Ralston
Crew
- Director
- Richard Smith
- Writer
- Jo Swerling
- Producer
- Al Posen, Max Lippman, Jo Swerling
Details
- Release date
- 1921-12-01
- Runtime
- 24m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Caravel Comedies
- Budget
- $6,000