A Day at the races

United States, 1937

Film
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A Marx Brothers movie combining humor and music. The plot, which shifts from a sanitorium to a race track, introduces a horse doctor masquerading as sanitorium director, a jockey who encourages his horse to win by showing it a picture of the man it hates, a vendor of bad racing tips and a vampire dressed in revealing clothing. Also stars Maureen O’Sullivan.

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Credits

director

Sam Wood

producer

Lawrence Weingarten

production company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Duration

01:45:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1937

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

508880

Language

English

Subject categories

Comedy

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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