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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0097369805247
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Paramount Home Video
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount Home Video
Release Date: April 18, 2006
Sales Rank: 171885
Studio: Paramount Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: March 03, 1950
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Longer version of a lesser Marx Brothers romp
LOVE HAPPY is the Marx Brothers' final starring feature film, though the spotlight here is on Harpo (the real star of the picture), while Chico and especially Groucho have supporting roles. This one is primarily for Marx completists, who will be delighted to learn that the print used for this DVD transfer runs 91 minutes rather than the standard 85-minute version previously released on VHS ... and seen on TV and in theatrical revivals. I'm not sure where this longer cut has been languishing all these ... Read More
Rating: - Not as awful as I'd remembered it
This was the first Marx Brothers movie I ever saw, and because of that, for quite some time I had the wrong impression of them, judging them by this pale weak mediocre movie. Thankfully, in the years since I've become familiar with their other 12 films and have realised that what I first saw was not at all representative of their true talents, and the reason why 'Love Happy' is so weak and unrepresentative. If someone goes into the viewing experience expecting a Marx Brothers movie, s/he'll likely be ... Read More
Rating: - Harpo, Chico and barely Groucho
Though this was not the last time the Marx Brothers would appear together (cameo appearances in THE STORY OF MANKIND and the 1959 television show THE GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY), it was their final collaboration on the big screen. LOVE HAPPY is essentially a Harpo film with Chico doing his best to keep pace. Groucho's brief segments could probably have been cut from the film without disturbing the story.
LOVE HAPPY combines two plots. The first is about group of struggling young actors laboring ... Read More
Rating: - Harpo's Only Starring Film
Released in 1950 after a troubled production history, "Love Happy" should be viewed as a showcase for the talents of Harpo Marx. On that level, it's an enjoyable but uneven film. Harpo's attempt at Chaplinesque pathos is fascinating - if not entirely successful. However, the rooftop chase is quite inventive and Groucho (in a brief role for box-office purposes) has a memorable encounter with Marilyn Monroe. "Love Happy" is not a classic, but it's more enjoyable (and less painful) to watch than "At the Circus" ... Read More
Rating: - The Marxes' Finale is Really Harpo's Show...
"Love Happy" is remembered, primarily, as the last "Official" Marx Brothers film (they would all appear in brief vignettes in "The Story of Mankind", seven years later, but not as a team), but if the film were a baseball statistic, it would have an asterik (*), because it truly isn't a showcase of the brothers, together, but a comedy starring Harpo, with Chico in a supporting role, and Groucho doing narration, and making brief appearances, occasionally.
As a comedy, "Love Happy" is so-so, with Harpo ... Read More
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