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Humor Risk (1921)

Humor Risk (1921)

Comedy
Release Date: 1921, December 1
Directors: Richard Smith
Countries: United States of America
Production: Caravel Comedies
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, Jobyna Ralston

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

detective lost film black and white