THE GORILLA (1939)
Any idea how this 20th Century Fox "old dark house" spoof with Bela Lugosi and the Ritz Brothers ended up on so many bargain video/DVD labels? Fox seems to have retained the rights to their other...
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horrorfilmx wrote:The Gorilla is okay at best. The same year the Ritz's made The Three Musketeers with the same director and much the same crew and it may well be their best movie. I don't know what...
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>The same year the Ritz's made The Three Musketeers with the same director and much the same crew and it may well be their best movie.> With you there, hfx. Haven't seen it in years, but I...
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For those interested, the Ritz Brothers version of THE THREE MUSKETEERS is still available on DVD from Fox. Back when AMC was a real classic movie channel, they ran some of the Ritz Brothers titles....
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Well, I'll forgive Mel for that only because he called Bud Abbott the best straight man.
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We'd talked about Brooks' comment elsewhere here on the boards, and someone suggested he was talking about Harry offscreen rather than onscreen. (Some say Zeppo Marx was funnier than his brothers if...
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Well, as I've mentioned before, way back in the '60s I remember that, on more than one occasion, Johnny Carson or someone on his show mentioned that Jackie Gleason learned how to be funny, and how to...
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Ah, the Ritz Brothers, The Ritz brothers, they baffle science --- so much talent, such crappy movies. They seemed to have a total inability to rise above their material, and their material usually...
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It's all subjective, but I find the Ritz Brothers painfully unfunny in THE GORILLA. And the lead guy Harry really makes me squirm because he tries sooooooo hard to force a laugh. I haven't seen the...
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horrorfilmx wrote:Ah, the Ritz Brothers, The Ritz brothers, they baffle science --- so much talent, such crappy movies. They seemed to have a total inability to rise above their material, and their...
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Rick wrote:I think they needed some show-biz team designation other than "comedy team." That term doesn't do them justice, and they don't do justice to the term.Something like Ray Bolger or Buddy...
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I was watching one of the Ritz's Universal programmers, Behind The Eight Ball, with a bunch of friends who were mocking their antics mercilessly until one of their dance routines began. Then the...
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And they were great on skates! (Remember their "Bad Boys of Hollywood" bit, where they're paying tribute to Karloff, Laughton and Lorre?)
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I'm almost ashamed to say, I really like "The Gorilla". ( almost...but I love this stupid flick !) I think it's funny in it's own way, and the supporting cast is excellent. Patsy Kelly as kitty the...
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I kinda like it, too. Must have seen it in the right frame of mind, I guess.
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THE GORILLA is a fun film. (Now I want to go back and see THE MONSTER WALKS again, after all these years.) I'd say it and THE THREE MUSKETEERS are probably the most re-watchable titles in the Ritz...
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I agree, this is a fun film, which I always enjoy, and have seen it several times now. I look forward to seeing it again.
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I'd read about the Ritz Brothers for years and years in Leonard Maltin's FAMOUS COMEDY TEAMS book - if their films were ever on TV I never saw them (in Michigan). It wasn't until I was in my 20s that...
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Did the studios really went out of their way to destroy NOSFERATU? I know there was a court order to destroy all copies of the film after legal action was taken by Stoker's widow (for the unlicensed...
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I'm almost ashamed to say, I really like "The Gorilla". ( almost...but I love this stupid flick !) I think it's funny in it's own way, and the supporting cast is excellent. Patsy Kelly as kitty the...
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