Love Happy
| Love Happy | |
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| Directed by | David Miller |
| Produced by |
Mary Pickford David Miller |
| Written by |
Mac Benoff Frank Tashlin Harpo Marx (story) |
| Starring |
Harpo Marx Chico Marx Groucho Marx Ilona Massey Vera-Ellen Marion Hutton Marilyn Monroe |
| Music by | Ann Ronell |
| Cinematography | William Mellor |
| Edited by | Basil Wrangell |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Release date
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October 12, 1949 (San Francisco Premiere) March 3, 1950 |
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Running time
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85 minutes 91 minutes (DVD) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
85 minutes
Love Happy is a 1949 American musical comedy film, released by United Artists, directed by David Miller, starring the Marx Brothers. It was the 15th (including Humor Risk) and last film starring feature for the Marx Brothers.
The film, produced by former silent film star Mary Pickford, stars Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, and, in a smaller role than usual, Groucho Marx, plus Ilona Massey, Vera-Ellen, Paul Valentine, Marion Hutton, Raymond Burr, Bruce Gordon (in his film debut), and Eric Blore, with a walk-on by then unknown Marilyn Monroe.
The plot was written by Frank Tashlin and Mac Benoff, based on a story by Harpo.
Private detective Sam Grunion (Groucho Marx) has been searching for the extremely valuable Royal Romanoff diamonds for eleven years, and his investigation leads him to a troupe of struggling performers, led by Mike Johnson (Paul Valentine), who are trying to put on a musical revue called Love Happy.
Grunion notes that the impoverished young dancers would starve were it not for the sweet, silent Harpo (Harpo Marx), at Herbert & Herbert, a gourmet food shop that also trafficks in stolen diamonds. Harpo kindly helps ladies with their shopping bags, all the while pilfering their groceries and stuffing them in the pockets of his long trench coat. When the elegant Madame Egelichi (Ilona Massey) arrives, store manager Lefty Throckmorton (Melville Cooper) tells her that "the sardines" have come in. Harpo sneaks into the basement and watches as Lefty lovingly unpacks a sardine can marked with a Maltese cross, and swipes the can from Lefty's pocket, replacing it with an unmarked one. Madame Egelichi, who has gone through eight husbands in three months in her quest for the Romanoff diamonds, is furious when Lefty produces the wrong can. When Lefty remembers seeing Harpo in the basement, she orders him to call the police and offer a $1,000 reward for his capture.
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