A Day at the Races (1937)

Original title	A Day at the Races
Swedish release title	En dag på kapplöpningarna

Director	Sam Wood
Screenplay	Robert Pirosh George Seaton George Oppenheimer George S. Kaufman Al Boasberg Leon Gordon
Producer	Irving Thalberg (avled under inspelningen 14 september 1936) Lawrence Weingarten (efterträdde Thalberg som producent)
Director of Photography	Joseph Ruttenberg Leonard Smith
Music	Bronislau Kaper (originalmusik) Walter Jurmann (originalmusik)
Choreography	Dave Gould Bobby Connolly
Production Designer	Cedric Gibbons Stan Rogers Edwin B. Willis
Film Editor	Frank E. Hull
Production Mixer	Douglas Shearer
Assistant Director	Robert A. Golden
Associate Producer	Max Siegel
Musical Arrangement	Roger Edens Leo Arnaud George Bassman (orchestrations) Paul Marquardt (orchestrations)
Musical Director	Franz Waxman
Set Decorator	Merrill Pye (musiknumren)
Costume Designer	Dolly Tree

Groucho Marx	Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush
Chico Marx	Tony
Harpo Marx	Stuffy
Allan Jones	Gil Stewart, sångare
Maureen O'Sullivan	Judy Standish, ägare till Standish Sanitarium
Margaret Dumont	Mrs. Emily Upjohn, patient på vilohemmet
Leonard Ceeley	Whitmore, vilohemmets finansiella rådgivare
Douglass Dumbrille	Morgan
Esther Muir	Cokey Flo Marlowe
Siegfried Rumann (as Sig Rumann)	Dr. Leopold X. Steinberg, expert från Wien
Robert Middlemass	sheriffen
Ivie Anderson	sångerska
The Crinoline Choir	körsångare
-	Ej krediterade:
Charles Trowbridge	Dr. Wilmerding
Frank Dawson	läkare
Edward Le Saint	läkare
Max Lucke	läkare
Pat Flaherty	tippare
Harry Wilson	tippare
Frankie Darro	Morgans jockey
Jean Burt	telefonist
William Irving (as Bill Irving)	man for horn business
John Hyams	domare
Wilbur Mack	domare
Lee Murray	domare
Henry Mowbray	man for hat business
Dudley Dickerson	en svart som drar en rullstol
Jack Norton	en berusad
John Hiestand	radiokommentator
Mary MacLaren	sköterska
Edna Bennett	sköterska
Vivian Barry	telefonflicka
Jacqueline Clancy	en liten flicka
Hooper Atchley
Arthur Stuart Hull
Edward Earle
Jack Daley
Harry Lash
Ray Flynn
Elizabeth Williams
George Cowl
Edith Kingdon
Byron Foulger
Alex Melesh (as Alexander Melesh)
Jack Kenney
James Quinn
Troy Brown Sr.
Four Hot Shots
The Three Chocolateers
Plantation Boys
Ben Carter
Darby Jones
Dorothy Dandridge	flicka i numret "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm"
Gus Robinson
Cullen and Pauline
Si Jenks
Carole Landis

Production Company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. controlled by Loew's Inc.
	A Sam Wood Production
Casting	Ben Carter and David Chudnow Inc.		(numret "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm")
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn	1937
	Stockholm Film AB	1965
	Sergel Films Distributions AB	1972

Censorship number	56353
Date	1972-04-05
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	3010 meters

Censorship number	56353
Date	1965-08-11
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	2805 meters

Censorship number	56353
Date	1937-09
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	3010 meters

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Western Electric Recording
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	3010 meter
Length in minutes	110 min
Reels	12 reels

				1936-12-21	1937-04-02
		USA		1936-09-03	1936-09-23
M-G-M Studios	Culver City, Kalifornien
	Santa Anitas hästkapplöpningsbana, Kalifornien

First showing	1937-06-11			USA	110 min
Release in Sweden	1937-10-04	Saga	Stockholm	Sweden	110 min
TV showing	1971-05-02	TV1		Sweden	105 min
	1974-09-20	TV1		Sweden	105 min
	1979-01-05	TV2		Sweden	105 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	1994-11-16					Bortklippt ca 1 meter i akt 4.
TV showing	1996-08-18	SVT2		Sweden	105 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2000-12-07					Akt 6: sönderkört 15 rutor i början av akten.
TV showing	2004-01-06	SVT1		Sweden	105 min
DVD release	2004-09-15			Sweden
TV showing	2005-12-14	SVT1		Sweden	105 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2013-09-15
Cinematheque screening	2020-10-04	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2020-10-04

Original title	Blue Venetian Waters
Composer	Walter Jurmann
	Bronislau Kaper
Lyrics	Gus Kahn
Singer	Allan Jones

Original title	Tomorrow Is Another Day
Composer	Walter Jurmann
	Bronislau Kaper
Lyrics	Gus Kahn
Singer	Allan Jones

Original title	Barn Episode
Composer	Roger Edens
Lyrics	Roger Edens

Original title	All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
Composer	Walter Jurmann
	Bronislau Kaper
Lyrics	Gus Kahn
Singer	Ivie Anderson
Instrumentalist	Harpo Marx
Performed by	The Crinoline Choir

Original title	A Message from the Man in the Moon
Composer	Walter Jurmann
	Bronislau Kaper
Lyrics	Gus Kahn

Original title	Cosi Cosa
Composer	Walter Jurmann
	Bronislau Kaper
Lyrics	Gus Kahn

Original title	Doctor Hackenbush
Composer	Harry Ruby
Lyrics	Bert Kalmar

That's Entertainment, Part 2 (1976)		A Day at the Races (1937)
Precious Images (1986)		A Day at the Races (1937)
Brother Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)		A Day at the Races (1937)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2958

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2958

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Script type	Dialoglista

Script type	Cutting continuity
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	SET
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck