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Duck Soup

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Duck Soup is a 1933 American pre-Code musical comedy film starring the four Marx Brothers, Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo, directed by Leo McCarey and released by Paramount Pictures on November 17, 1933. Groucho plays Rufus T. Firefly, the newly installed president of the fictional country of Freedonia, whose deteriorating relations with the neighboring country of Sylvania eventually lead the two nations to war. It was the last of the five Marx Brothers films made for Paramount and marked Zeppo's last screen appearance with his brothers. The film was a financial disappointment on its release and received mixed reviews, though this alone did not end the group's association with the studio. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Release Year
1933 2
Country
United States 2
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Original Language
English 1
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  • Also in Geography Atlas: United States, originated there.
  • Also in Language Atlas: English, original language there.
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1. Duck Soup (Wikipedia)
  • Duck Soup, Introduction section
    Duck Soup is a 1933 American pre-Code musical comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby and directed by Leo McCarey.
  • Duck Soup, Description, original language
    Duck Soup is a 1933 American pre-Code musical comedy film starring the four Marx Brothers, Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo, directed by Leo McCarey and released by Paramount Pictures on November 17, 1933. Groucho plays Rufus T. Firefly, the newly installed president of the fictional country of Freedonia, whose deteriorating relations with the neighboring country of Sylvania eventually lead the two nations to war.
  • Lead section
    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.
  • In Medium: Film, Article lead sentence
    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.
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