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Humor Risk

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Harpo played the hero, a detective named Watson who "made his entrance in a high hat, sliding down a coal chute into the basement". Groucho played an "old movie" villain, who "sported a long moustache and was clad in black", while Chico was probably his "chuckling [Italian] henchman". Zeppo portrayed a playboy who was the owner of a nightclub in which most of the action took place, including "a cabaret, [which allowed] the inclusion of a dance number". The final shot showed Groucho "in ball and chain, trudging slowly off into the gloaming". Harpo, in a rare moment of romantic glory, gets the girl in the end. This film is lost.

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Status
Released
Budget
$6K
Box office
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Language
No Language
  • detective
  • black and white
  • lost film

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)GMatinee venue1 Dec 1921

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Humor Risk was released on 1 December 1921.

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    tmdb65407047

    10/19/2022

    The four Marx Brothers, of vaudeville fame, have made their cinema debut. Julius, Arthur, Leonard and Herbert are the Marx Brother’s Christian names, and are being featured in a series called “Comedies sans Custard”. The first comedy is called “Humor Risk”.

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