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Basic facts

Original title Love Happy
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
Swedish release 1950-12-04

Cast

Harpo Marx
Harpo

Chico Marx
Faustino the Great

Groucho Marx
Sam Grunion, privatdetektiv

Vera-Ellen
Maggie Phillips

Ilona Massey
madame Egelichi

Marion Hutton
Bunny Dolan

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Re-release title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Story
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Choreography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Assistant Director
Assistant to the Producer
Casting
Special Photographic Effects
Musical Arrangement
Conductor
Orchestra Leader
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Wardrobe

Cast

Harpo Marx Harpo
Chico Marx Faustino the Great
Groucho Marx Sam Grunion, privatdetektiv
Vera-Ellen Maggie Phillips
Ilona Massey madame Egelichi
Marion Hutton Bunny Dolan
Raymond Burr Alphonse Zoto
Melville Cooper Lefty Throckmorton
Paul Valentine Mike Johnson
Leon Belasco Mr. Lyons
Eric Blore Mackinaw
Bruce Gordon Hannibal Zoto
Marilyn Monroe Grunions klient

Companies

Production Company Artists Alliance Inc.
Copyright Artists Alliance Inc. 1950-03-03 (LP2937)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Anglo Film 1958
United Artists AB 1950

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 77452
Date 1950-08-25
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2315 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 515, 540, 515, 530, 305.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Length in metres 2499 meter
Length in minutes 91 min


Release dates

First showing 1949-10-12 San Francisco, Kalifornien USA 91 min
Release in Sweden 1950-12-04 Rigoletto Stockholm Sweden 84 min
1958-04-22 Anglo Stockholm Sweden 84 min (svensk nypremiär under titlen Bröderna Marx rensar stan)
TV showing 1961-10-19 Sweden
1978-09-16 TV1 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2001-04-28

Soundtrack listing

Original title Love Happy
Composer Ann Ronell (1949)
Lyrics Ann Ronell (1949)
Singer Marion Hutton
kör


Original title Who Stole the Jam?
By Harold Spina
Ann Ronell
Walter Bullock
Singer Marion Hutton


Original title Willow Weep for Me
Composer Ann Ronell (1932)
Lyrics Ann Ronell (1932)
Dancer Vera-Ellen
kör


Original title Gypsy Love Song
Composer Victor Herbert (1898)
Lyrics Harry B. Smith (1898)
Performed by Chico Marx
Leon Belasco


Original title Old Folks at Home
Composer Stephen C. Foster (1851)
Lyrics Stephen C. Foster (1851)
Performed by Harpo Marx


Original title Polonäs, piano, nr 6, op. 53, Ass-dur
Composer Frédéric Chopin (1842)
Performed by Chico Marx (piano)


Original title Happy Birthday to You
Composer Mildred J. Hill (1893)
Patti Smith Hill (1893)
Lyrics Mildred J. Hill (1893)
Patti Smith Hill (1893)


Holdings Film

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Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 16 mm


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 16 mm


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2205


Element type Duplicate negative
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck



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