A Day at the Races

A Day at the Races (1937)

Timing: 1:51 (111 min)

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Release date

1937-06-11

Country

United States

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre

Comedy, Music

Budget

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Revenue

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Director

Sam Wood

Actors

Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman, Leonard Ceeley, Douglass Dumbrille, Esther Muir
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Scenario

Producer

Irving Thalberg, Lawrence Weingarten, Sam Wood

Operator

Joseph Ruttenberg

Composer

Artist

Audition

Editing

Frank E. Hull
All team (15)

• Queen's album "A Day at the Races" was named after this film, just as the band's previous album – "A Night at the Opera" – was named after another Marx Brothers film.
• Initially, the character played by Groucho Marx (1890-1977) was to be named Dr. Quackenbush (and both Marx and everyone else thought this surname was too absurd and silly to belong to a real person or to offend anyone). However, the lawyers of MGM studio soon discovered that at least a dozen doctors with that surname lived and practiced in the United States, and the character's surname was changed to “Hackenbush.” Marx initially objected, but later came to like this surname. He called Dr. Hackenbush his favorite character of all those he had played, and sometimes even signed letters to friends with that name.
• Two weeks after filming began, producer Irving Thalberg (1899-1936) passed away. It was largely thanks to him that the Marx Brothers regained their star status by appearing in Sam Wood's (1883-1949) film “A Night at the Opera” (1935), and it was he who always supported them at MGM studio. Groucho Marx later claimed that with the death of Thalberg, he lost all interest in the acting profession.
• Queen's album "A Day at the Races" is named after this film, just as the band's previous album – "A Night at the Opera" – is named after another Marx Brothers film.