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Humor Risk is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Richard Smith with Marx Brothers
Humor Risk (1921)
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Add to a movie listHumor Risk (1921) was the first Marx Brothers film. The short film was never released and is now considered a lost film. The print may have been accidentally thrown away when left in the screening box overnight. Another version of the story says Groucho, unhappy with the film's quality, intentionally burned the negative after a particularly bad premiere screening.
Four of the five Marx Brothers are known to have been in this short film. It was directed by comedy film director Dick Smith (1886-1937), and was the first film written by Jo Swerling, who later co-wrote It's a Wonderful Life, Gone with the Wind and many other films. Jobyna Ralston is most often mentioned as the female lead. However, some sources say that Mildred Davis—star and later wife of Harold Lloyd—was also in the film. The Marxology entry for Humor Risk and the SilentEra entry state that the leading lady could have been one of two other actresses, Esther Ralston or Helen Kane.
Synopsis
Information about the plot of the film is sparse. Filmed in Fort Lee, New Jersey, its title was a spoof of the then-popular Fannie Hurst drama Humoresque, one of the biggest film hits of 1920. In addition, the brothers were working separately, rather than as a team, and did not incorporate their trademark comic personalities for which they later become famous.Actors
Marx Brothers
Chico Marx
(l'homme de main du truand)
Groucho Marx
(le truand)
Harpo Marx
(Watson, le héros)
Zeppo Marx
(le patron de la boîte de nuit)
Jobyna Ralston
(Héroïne)
Marx Brothers
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