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Love Happy

  • 19491949
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
2.9K
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Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Ilona Massey, and Vera-Ellen in Love Happy (1949)
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The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.
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    • David Miller
  • Writers
    • Frank Tashlin(screenplay)
    • Mac Benoff(screenplay)
    • Harpo Marx(based on a story by)
  • Stars
    • Groucho Marx
    • Harpo Marx
    • Chico Marx
    • David Miller
  • Writers
    • Frank Tashlin(screenplay)
    • Mac Benoff(screenplay)
    • Harpo Marx(based on a story by)
  • Stars
    • Groucho Marx
    • Harpo Marx
    • Chico Marx
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 42User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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  • Photos27

    "Love Happy" M. Monroe & Groucho Marx 1949
    M. Monroe &  Groucho Marx "Love Happy" 1950
    Marilyn Monroe, LOVE HAPPY, United Artists, 1950, **I.V.
    "Love Happy" 1948 Photo by Madison Lacy
    "Love Happy" 1949
    Groucho Marx and Marilyn Monroe in Love Happy (1949)
    Groucho Marx, Marilyn Monroe, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx in Love Happy (1949)
    Groucho Marx, Marilyn Monroe, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx in Love Happy (1949)
    Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, and Ilona Massey in Love Happy (1949)
    Ilona Massey in Love Happy (1949)
    Groucho Marx, Eric Blore, and Otto Waldis in Love Happy (1949)
    Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, and Ilona Massey in Love Happy (1949)

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    Groucho Marx
    Groucho Marx
    • Detective Sam Grunion - Narrator of the Story
    Harpo Marx
    Harpo Marx
    • Harpo
    Chico Marx
    Chico Marx
    • Faustino the Great
    Ilona Massey
    Ilona Massey
    • Madame Egelichi
    Vera-Ellen
    Vera-Ellen
    • Maggie Phillips
    Marion Hutton
    Marion Hutton
    • Bunny Dolan
    Raymond Burr
    Raymond Burr
    • Alphonse Zoto
    Melville Cooper
    Melville Cooper
    • Throckmorton
    Bruce Gordon
    Bruce Gordon
    • Hannibal Zoto
    Leon Belasco
    Leon Belasco
    • Mr. Lyons
    Paul Valentine
    Paul Valentine
    • Mike Johnson
    Eric Blore
    Eric Blore
    • Mackinaw
    Marilyn Monroe
    Marilyn Monroe
    • Grunion's Client
    Herman Boden
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Borden
    Eddie Borden
    • Man at Stage Door
    • (uncredited)
    Sayre Dearing
    Sayre Dearing
    • Street Passerby
    • (uncredited)
    Joel Friend
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Gargan
    Edward Gargan
    • Cop Who Captures Harpo
    • (uncredited)
      • David Miller
    • Writers
      • Frank Tashlin(screenplay)
      • Mac Benoff(screenplay)
      • Harpo Marx(based on a story by)
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    • Trivia
      Groucho Marx told an anecdote - both on a '60s Today Show segment and in print - that the movie's producer asked three aspiring actresses to walk seductively past Marx. Whomever Marx decided was the best walker would play opposite him in the film. When the third girl walked past, Marx asked the producer, "How could you possibly choose anyone but that last one?" Marx had chosen Marilyn Monroe for the film.
    • Goofs
      The theatre's name changes from the Windsor to the Century and then back to the Windsor.
    • Quotes

      Detective Sam Grunion, narrator of the story: I am the same Sam Grunion who solved the international uranium-mining swindle. Scotland Yard was baffled; the FBI was baffled. They sent for me and the case was solved immediately: I confessed.

    • Alternate versions
      The DVD version released in 2004 runs 91 minutes (despite what it says on the box) and contains several scenes not included in the 85 min. version long seen in the U.S.- 1.Harpo giving link sausages to the front man in a bull costume by threading them through a nostril in the bull head and handing the back end man a ham. 2. Groucho showing photos of himself in different disguises with Madame Egilichi and then providing voice-over narration for a scene of Chico trying to bribe Mr. Lyons by setting him up with a chorus girl. 3. Harpo being put through a washing machine by Madame Egilichi's henchmen. 4. Harpo becoming completely enveloped in smoke from the KOOL sign and ducking into an air vent which sucks away the smoke. This version is also missing a scene in which Groucho observes that the show would have been saved if Maggie had accepted the sardines Harpo gave her.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1965)
    • Soundtracks
      Love Happy
      (1949)

      by Ann Ronell

      Sung during the opening credits by Marion Hutton (uncredited) with chorus and danced by Vera-Ellen (uncredited)

      Dance reprise by Paul Valentine (uncredited)

    User reviews42

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    10/10
    for Harpo fans its a classic..........
    i'm a big marx bros fan and love most of their films, especially the early paramounts and a day at the races and most of the others so thats pretty much all of them i guess. Room service is the weakest of their output as far as i can tell..

    If I was mainly a Groucho fan, which most of the reviewers of Marx Brothers films seem to be, I'd be giving this movie between 1 & 3 stars. His part is minimal, not very funny and is mainly famous for the scene with Marilyn Monroe in one of her first speaking roles (which lasts a few seconds)...

    I've just read a review for this film calling it unfunny. Maybe they were watching a different movie? I am completely fed up with reading the nonsense that's been written about this film by people who probably haven't even watched it...

    I'm a Harpo fan.........I really think he's a true screen genius, the greatest one of his kind. When he's on screen for me its pure magic.

    This film has a special place in my heart.. The screenplay is based on a Harpo story and he is the main star (originally the film was to be a solo vehicle for him). Chico's and Groucho's appearance was an afterthought..Chico performs well and the scenes when he's with Harpo are great and are the equal to any other marx movie. Harpo doesn't disappoint with so many great hilarious scenes that were mainly devised and performed by himself (he did most of his own stunts)...quite amazing considering he was in his early 60's at the time....

    The story revolves around a theatre production called 'love happy' and a missing diamond necklace in a sardine tin. The other cast members perform well and the songs are not too cheesy. Chico does a great piano duet with a violinist and harpo plays the harp as beautifully as ever..

    If I was hoping to see and hear Groucho in his element, i'd be very disappointed with Love Happy. But, on every other level its a classic. So please, give it a chance - its worth it............
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    • Oct 12, 2007

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    • Release date
      • March 3, 1950 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Artists Alliance
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    • 1 hour 25 minutes
      • Black and White

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