THE MARX BROTHERS
HILARIOUS NEW FILM A romance that blossoms in an atmosphere of bland double-dealing, wild hilarity and questionable, promotion methods, s the background to the Marx Brothers in "Room Service," which will be shown tomorrow at the State Theatre. Ann Miller and Frank Albertson enact the romantic leads in the picture, with Miss Miller as an employee of the hotel where most of the hectic action occurs, and Albertson as the ingenuous author of the play which Groucho Marx is trying to produce —if he can find a backer. Faced by a huge bill he has run up at the hotel for himself and the 22 members of the cast, Groucho, with Harpo and Chico as his aides, puts on a desperate campaign .to hold the cast together, obtains a theatre, secures financial backing and gets the show launched before his troubles catch up with him. How the campaign turns out makes for the hilarious climax of " Room Service," which promise? to be the Marx's biggest hit to date. Lucille Ball heads the supporting cast of this RKO Radio Picture.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23705, 12 January 1939, Page 5
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182THE MARX BROTHERS Otago Daily Times, Issue 23705, 12 January 1939, Page 5
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