Duck Soup (1933)

Duck Soup
Directed by Leo McCarey
Burt Kalmar and Harry Ruby
1933/US
Paramount Pictures
IMDb page
Repeat viewing/Amazon Prime rental
One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

Rufus T. Firefly: I got a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it.

Classic Marx Brothers madness

.Groucho is drafted by Mrs. Teasdale (Margaret Dumont returns!) to lead Fredonia and he leads it straight into war with neighboring Sylvania. Chico and Harpo spy for the other side,  reporting to Ambassador Trentino (Louis Calhern). This is the one with the mirror gag with the multiple Grouchos, surely their most inspired sketch. It is the most chaotic outing yet. Harpo’s scissors gag gets old for me fast and a lot of time is spent on it.

Probably essential though I prefer “Animal Crackers”.

Grouch and Margaret