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LOVE HAPPY
Original Spanish Lobby Card Lot of 9
MARX BROTHERS GROUCHO CHICO HARPO
Spanish Title: Amor en conserva.
US title: Love Happy (1949)
Directed by David Miller with Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Ilona Massey, Vera-Ellen, Marion Hutton, Raymond Burr, Melville Cooper, Eric Blore, Leon Belasco, Paul Valentine, Bruce Gordon, Marilyn Monroe.
Size: 9.5 x 13 inches (24x34 cm)
Original lot of 9 for the second release in Spain in 1983.
Condition: Excellent.
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While it's not the best of the Marx Brothers movies, Love Happy is important for several reasons. First, it is the Marx Brothers' last film together; second, Harpo Marx wrote the story; and third, it marks Marilyn Monroe's big screen debut (not counting the exceedingly small bit parts she had landed before 1949). I am sure I'm not the only person to buy this movie just to see Marilyn, and she is unmistakably dazzling in her brief appearance, making quite an impression on Groucho and a number of contemporary moviegoers. While you may see her featured prominently on the video jacket, be aware that her screen time, as memorable as it is, lasts no more than a minute. With Groucho's own time fairly limited, the onus for making this movie funny and enjoyable falls on Harpo and Chico Marx, and they don't disappoint. Groucho plays detective Sam Grunion, and he narrates the first two-thirds of the movie before actually getting involved in the action. He is on the trail of the stolen Romanoff diamonds, but initially he is two steps behind Madame Egelichi and her henchmen (one of whom is Raymond Burr is a very un-Perry Mason-like role). As things work out, Egelichi is herself two steps behind Harpo, who unwittingly snatches the can of sardines holding the diamonds while filching food to feed a group of struggling off-Broadway players. These players aren't crucial to the plot, but Vera-Ellen shines as Maggie Phillips, dancer, actress, and all-around enchanting young woman. Chico worms his way into the production, serves as Harpo's interpreter in a couple of crucial scenes, and helps Harpo protect Maggie and the other players from danger. Groucho joins in at the end to make the diamond-hunting foray a full-blown farce worthy of the Marx Brothers. Of course, it wouldn't be a Marx Brothers movie without some music, and Love Happy features two excellent performances. Chico shows off on the piano, and Harpo treats us to a beautiful harp solo. I can't say Love Happy made me bust a gut laughing, but it was certainly a very enjoyable movie. As a huge Marilyn Monroe fan, I also have to say that her performance, short as it is, was wonderful and in no way disappointing. I would have liked to have seen more of Groucho in the movie, but Harpo and Chico prove rather convincingly that the Marx Brothers are much more than just Groucho.
SPAIN'S CINEMA POSTERS HISTORY & INFO
Film Posters have been produced in Spain since the early days of silent film cinema. These posters were used to advertize, often behind glass, in front of the theatre, to draw in an audience to see the latest Spanish, European and American films released that year in Spain. The color graphics of Spanish posters, were usually most unique and different from posters made in any other country. The titles and descriptions on the poster were normally translated into Spanish, however the names of the film stars, directors, producers and the film studio names remained, of course, the same. The posters were usually machine folded after production, and then shipped to the theatre for display.
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SPAIN LOBBY CARD INFORMATION
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL VINTAGE SPANISH LOBBY CARD. IT IS NOT A REPRODUCTION. THESE WERE ISSUED AT THE TIME OF THE ORIGINAL RELEASE OR LATER RERELEASE OF THE PICTURE FOR AUDIENCES IN SPAIN.
THESE USUALLY HAVE ORIGINAL SPANISH ART WORK AND GRAPHICS, DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR THIS FILM, ALONG WITH A PHOTOGRAPHIC SCENE FROM THE MOVIE. THE TITLE AND DESCRIPTIONS ARE USUALLY IN SPANISH, WITH THE NAMES OF THE STARS, PRODUCER, DIRECTOR AND FILM STUDIO PRINTED IN ENGLISH. SPANISH LOBBY CARDS ARE WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR EXCELLENT ARTWORK AND QUALITY.
LOBBY CARDS WERE PLACED IN THE LOBBY OF THE THEATRE, USUALLY BEHIND GLASS, TO PROMOTE THE NEW FILM COMING NEXT WEEK. EACH LOBBY CARD FEATURED A DIFFERENT DRAMATIC SCENE FROM THE FILM TO ENTICE THE VIEWER TO WANT TO RETURN FOR THIS FILM WHEN IT OPENED NEXT WEEK.
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