Review of Love Happy (1949) by Donald W — 04 Aug 2015

This is the last Marx Brothers movie. It was the last Marx Brothers movie but was supposed to be just Harpo Marx. The backers of the movie got nervous and managed to get Chico Marx to come out of retirement and Groucho Marx to take a break from his TV show to be in the movie.

The three brothers are never in the same scene until the end of the movie. Groucho is edited in as a narrator of the movie. To make sure to make in they managed to get Marilyn Monroe to do a small role with Groucho.

It only last about 2 minutes. Most of the movie is Harpo doing his poor hobo humor and jokes. That was relevant in the 1930's but this movie was made just before the 1950's. The economy was expanding and there was little sympathy for hobos in the late 1940's and 1950's.

All three brothers are showing their age. Groucho has a real mustache instead of a painted on one.