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Room Service (1938)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:7
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.2/10
Runtime: 79 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: An old-time comedy farce based on a Broadway play. The Marx Brothers play penniless producers who stall to avoid eviction from their hotel.
Starring: Lucille Ball, Marx Brothers, Ann Miller, Frank Albertson
Starring: Lucille Ball, Marx Brothers, Ann Miller, Frank Albertson, Donald MacBride, Philip Loeb, Philip Wood, Alexander Asro, Charles Halton
Director: William A. Seiter
Director: William A. Seiter
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Screenwriter: Morrie Ryskind
Composer: Roy Webb
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Reviews for Room Service
Still enough zaniness to make it a Marx Brother vehicle, but the craziness is diluted.
This oft-dismissed exception in the Marx Brothers canon includes no musical numbers and only a few bits specifically tailored to the brothers...underrated.
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