15th Marx Brothers Movie

This is an idea for a 15th Marx Brothers Movie, which would most likely be released in the early-1950s, like 1952. Like all the movies, it would have to be at least 70 minutes long and have all their personalities.

The Marx Brothers were an American vaudeville family who performed live in the US from 1905 to 1928, as headed by their mother, Minnie Marx. Such productions they were famous for included Animal Crackers, Fun in Hi-Skule and The Cocoanuts, all adapted into their major motion pictures. The brothers, born Leonard, Adolph, Julius, Milton and Herbert, eventually moved on to movies, with the talkie era.

Although they had made a silent short in 1921 with family savings, which Groucho deemed “awful”, and destroyed, they did make 13 major films with different companies, the first 5 or so with Zeppo (Herbert), the last ones with only the legendary three; Groucho, HARPO and Chico. Gummy never made an appearance, but he did perform first on stage.

Now, onto the movie. This 1952 production at MGM, still untitled, would star the Marx’s on an airplane, and could have Harpo be the wealthy flyer (much like he was the professor in Animal Crackers), and Chico would do great as a steward or some employee. That brings us to Groucho, who would be best suited as the airline pilot or owner, and have a name like “Jet Williecox”.

The plot would go like, “Aboard the airline Mrs. Sippie Seas”, an eccentric yet wealthy magnate (Harpo) flies across the country on his way to Honolulu, with the pit stop in Arizona, he causes mayhem with the Stewardesses and lots of happenings go on in the air, with the lovers, the music and the Marx’s.