Humor Risk (1921)

12/01/1921 (US) • 24m

Comedy

Overview

Harpo played the hero, a detective named Watson who "made his entrance in a high hat, sliding down a coal chute into the basement". Groucho played an "old movie" villain, who "sported a long moustache and was clad in black", while Chico was probably his "chuckling [Italian] henchman". Zeppo portrayed a playboy who was the owner of a nightclub in which most of the action took place, including "a cabaret, [which allowed] the inclusion of a dance number". The final shot showed Groucho "in ball and chain, trudging slowly off into the gloaming". Harpo, in a rare moment of romantic glory, gets the girl in the end. This film is lost.

Top Billed Cast

Chico Marx

Chuckling [Italian] Henchman

Zeppo Marx

Playboy / Barowner

Jobyna Ralston

Leading Lady


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

$6,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

detective

black and white

lost film

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