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 This is the first (and last) time the Marx Brothers worked with material not specially created for them. #
# During salary negotiations with R-K-O, erstwhile member Zeppo Marx represented his brothers, threatening to rejoin the group if their demands weren`t met! The only film the Brothers made with R-K-O. The original play was adapted into a Marx Brothers screenplay by Morrie Ryskind, who co-wrote the stage and screen versions of The Cocoanuts (1929) and Animal Crackers (1930) and also co-wrote A Night at the Opera (1935). Much of the original play`s strong language had to be toned down for the screen, into milder expletives such as "Jumping Butterballs!" Although she seems much older and mature, Ann Miller is only 15 years old in this film. She had lied about her age and obtained a fake birth certificate when she was about 14 years old stating that she was 18. Ms. Miller was so tall, poised and beautiful that she pulled it off. Lucille Ball, who has a supporting role in this film, would later buy the studio that made this film, RKO Studios. She and Desi Arnaz purchased it during the height of their success on "I Love Lucy" (1951) and renamed it Desilu Studios. #
# Frank Albertson, who plays the handsome young playwright Leo Davis, is the same actor who later played Tom Cassidy in Alfred Hitchcock`s Psycho (1960), the millionaire who brings $40,000 cash into the real estate and Janet Leigh`s character steals it. Since he looks entirely different in the two roles, many people who have seen both films, even after repeated viewings, do not realize that it is the same actor.
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# Lucille Ball and Harpo Marx would later reteam in a memorable episode of "I Love Lucy" (1951) when they do the famous "mirror" routine: "I Love Lucy: Lucy and Harpo Marx (#4.27)" (1955). #
# Eddie Albert, best known as Oliver Douglas on TV`s "Green Acres" (1965) costarring Eva Gabor, was in the original 1937 Broadway cast as Leo Davis, the playwright.
The Broadway play "Room Service" opened at the Cort Theater on May 19, 1937 and ran for 500 performances (without the Marx Brothers). | ||
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