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Friday, September 9, 2022

Go West (1940)

Two brothers (Chico and Harpo Marx) are friends with an old prospector (Tully Marshall) who hands over the deed to his land as collateral in exchange for a loan from the brothers. Meanwhile, a shady saloon owner (Robert Barrat) and a crooked railroad executive (Walter Woolf King) plot to steal the deed because when the railroad builds tracks through that property, whoever owns it will be very rich. Directed by Edward Buzzell (BEST FOOT FORWARD), this is one of the Marx Brothers weaker efforts. Granted I'm not the Marx Brothers biggest fan but I doubt even the most die hard Marx Brothers fan could make a case for it. As usual the film is padded out with Chico's piano playing, Harpo plucking the harp plus John Carroll gets to sing a song. Most of the laughs (as few as they are) are provided by Groucho Marx as a con man who's easily swindled. If you're a fan of the trio, you might get a kick out of it. With Diana Lewis, Iris Adrian and the statuesque June MacCloy.

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