Duck Soup
Starring: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx
Director: Leo McCarey
Writer: Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar
Producer: Herman J. Mankiewicz
Duck Soup is a 1933 American pre-Code musical comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby (with additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin) and directed by Leo McCarey. Released by Paramount Pictures on November 17, 1933, it stars the four Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo) and also features Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern, Raquel Torres and Edgar Kennedy.
Trivia
- The Marx Brothers' previous film, Horse Feathers, had been Paramount's highest-grossing film of 1932.
- Encouraged by this success, the studio suggested on August 2, 1932, that they rush out a follow-up.
- Already at this early stage, the story (provisionally entitled Oo La La) was set in a mythical kingdom.
Previous Showings
11 Runs • 5 Festivals
11,337 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (December 10, 1933)
Original Run: December 10, 1933 (Sunday - Tuesday)
All runs on record (11):
- December 10, 1933 (Sunday - Tuesday)Marx Brothers
- February 11, 1988 · 0 ticketsw/ Monkey Business (1931)
- April 25 - 26, 1990 · 1,022 ticketsw/ A Night at the Opera
- July 15 - 22, 1993 · 2,317 ticketsw/ A Night at the Opera
- September 27 - 29, 1996 · 1,298 ticketsw/ A Night at the Opera
- October 26 - 27, 2002 · 925 ticketsFall Folliesw/ You Can't Take It with You
- February 18 - 20, 2005 · 1,958 ticketsw/ The Lady Eve
- July 2 - 4, 2008 · 1,354 ticketsSummer 2008 Bette Davis, James Stewart, silent films and more!w/ Animal Crackers
- December 12 - 15, 2013 · 1,139 ticketsPreston Sturges and The Marx Brosw/ The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
- August 3 - 5, 2016 · 718 ticketsSummer 2016w/ A Midsummer Night's Dream
- January 27 - 28, 2018 · 606 ticketsParamount Pictures That played at the Stanford Theatre From 1930 to 1935w/ It's a Gift