MONKEY BUSINESS

Promotional Photos (3) (8" x 10")
Very Good+
Paramount , 1931

Vintage original 8" x 10? black-and-white single-weight glossy silver gelatin print still photos. All three images have some chipping in the corners or edges. Two have creases in the bottom right corner, and one has a small tear reinforced with cellophane tape.

The third picture to feature the manic Marx Brothers, the first to boast an original screenplay (as opposed to an adaptation of one of the Brother's stage shows), and the first to be made in Hollywood (previous films were shot at Paramount's Astoria studios in Queens, New York). This crazy Pre-Code comedy revolves around the foursome (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo) stowing away aboard an ocean liner and the hijinks that ensue when they run afoul of a pair of gangsters.

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