Howl . . . And Farewell ! Their Last Picture . . . And Their Best !
Plot Summary
A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.
Run Time
83 min
Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Genre
Comedy, Musical
Language
English
Keyword
Department Store, Musical Number, Italian American, Piano, Private Detective
Movie Rating
Sound Mix
Mono
Colour
Black and White
Film Type
Feature
Film Class
Slapstick, Satire, Comedy of Errors
Themes
Mistaken Identities, Fighting the System, Flight of the Innocent
Tones
Biting, Frantic, Madcap, Irreverent, Light, Goofy
Has Detailed Data (New)
1, 2, 3
Wikipedia Text
The Big Store (1941) is a Marx Brothers comedy film in which Groucho, Chico and Harpo work to save the Phelps Department Store, owned by Martha Phelps (Margaret Dumont). Groucho plays her detective and bodyguard Wolf J. Flywheel, a character name originating from the Marx-Perrin radio show Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel in the early 1930s.
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