Duck Soup (1933)

Four Marx Brothers

"...hail Freedonia! As Zeppo Marx's final screen appearance, 1933's Duck Soup was the last time that moviegoers would see..."

May 17, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hooray for 'Duck Soup'!

The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar schedules a Duck Soup Feast

"...as well as those with a culinary appreciation of duck dishes, will want to purchase tickets for this week's..."

Jan. 26, 2009 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Duck Soup

June 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Soup Peddler Bikes Into East Austin

Acclaimed eatery’s first location on the sunrise side of I-35

"...a location on the Eastside for many years,” says Soup Peddler owner David Ansel, “and now we've found this..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Soup Peddler Yellow-Bikes Its Way to 16 Years

David Ansel’s soup-delivery service thrives in the new Austin

"...12th & Lamar has become another outpost of The Soup Peddler...."

Feb. 21, 2018 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Letters at 3AM: Why a Duck?

The Marx Brothers were funny but they weren't kidding

"...Critical opinion favors Duck Soup (1933) and A Night at the Opera (1935),..."

July 27, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...that other Western canard, drunk floozies. (7/7-8) --Clay Smith Duck Soup Duck Soup (1933)..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

Chronicle Recommends: War Movies

Movie picks for Memorial Day

"...secret trip to London by parachute, picturesque meetings with soup and bread determining the fate of the cause, but..."

May 25, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Duck Soup

A sublime, Surrealist comedy from the Marx Brothers, in which Groucho plays the new dictator-for-life of tiny Freedonia who declares war on a whim on neighboring Sylvania.

"...DUCK SOUPD: Leo McCarey; with the Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont,..."

April 19, 2002 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Josh Frank Writes Himself Into the History of the Marx Bros.

There ain't no sanity clause

"...Frank would be there for every raised eyebrow, every duck walk, every mirror gag, every pricking of the bubble..."

April 5, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Greatest Stories Ever Told

The 2010 Paramount Summer Film Classics

"...for original home base Paramount, the hypersurrealistic anti-war polemic Duck Soup, was a box office misfire with the public..."

May 21, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Paramount Theatre Summer Film Classics

"...7/2 7:30Duck Soup 9:30Monkey Business..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

Despicable Me 3

Animated franchise confirms the law of diminishing returns

"...take note: Nothing here rivals that sublime surreality of Duck Soup...."

June 30, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Everything Went Black: Rewriting Sight & Sound's Top Ten

What, no Polanski?

"...7) Duck Soup..."

Aug. 29, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Campaign

A wan political comedy guaranteed to offend no one.

"...Marx Brothers' inspired deconstruction of poisonous politics in 1933's Duck Soup. Or just turn on your TV: There's more..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chew on This

Allez cuisine, with a generous helping of movie culture: Meet Ron Deutsch, Austin's Chef du Cinema

"...a very Marx Brothers thing to do that with Duck Soup, because it's neither duck nor soup. But really,..."

June 29, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Hail, Hail Fredonia!

Marx Bros. Duck Soup Feast @ Alamo

"...Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo's talents than Leo McCarey's genius Duck Soup, an absurdist epic of love, war, and the..."

Jan. 26, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

War, Inc.

John Cusack's War, Inc. rails against the military-industrial complex in a barely disguised contemporary story about covert operations.

"...– the country appears to be at war with Duck Soup's anarcho-state Sylvania, or maybe that's just me –..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

New Year, Old Films

Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I

"...Truth (1937; on DVD: Sony, $24.95): The Marx Brothers' Duck Soup director Leo McCarey helms. Cary Grant and Irene..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Party Circuit

The Real Southwest Conference

"...that primarily play parties and forgo club exposure, like Duck Soup, the Argyles, Vince Vance & the Valiants, and..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

August rolls in with a fresh batch of tunes to keep you busy this weekend

"...East Texas rebellion against Mexico or the Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup, Freedonia boasts a crack line-up exploring a Southern..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

BBC Names Top 100 Comedies of All Time

Film critics poll picks Some Like It Hot for top slot

"...Allen, 1977) 4) Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993) 5) Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933) 6) Life of Brian (Terry..."

Aug. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film Flam

What do you get when you cross MTV and the Marx Bros.?

"...for a new film – Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, Duck Soup, and more – each Saturday; tickets and complete..."

April 1, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Infinite Fest

Paramount Summer Classics by the numbers

May 17, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Fifty hard-boiled eggs

"...my dad when he recommended that we take home Duck Soup. I'd learned he had the better taste in..."

May 17, 2013 Screens Feature by Joey Keeton

City of Angels

"...on TV. Getting guffaws out of gumshoes must've been duck soup. But the beauty of how he pulled it..."

April 16, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires

46 Days Left: Start Your Engines

Kim Kight's Dioramarama.com and Trueup.net provide inspiration

"...us along for a longarm quilting lesson at local Duck Soup Quilts using fabric Kight hand-dyed at home. The..."

Nov. 9, 2008 Design Post by Anne Harris

Two Can Play at This Thumbing the Nose Game

Preston Sturges was just as good at sticking it to the blue bloods, and he had real characters, too

"...the Marxes. I had a good chuckle at your Duck Soup clip. It's just how I like the Marx..."

Oct. 14, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Now I'm a 'Believer'

'The Believer' gets pervy at the movies

"...of some of the movies up for discussion (from Duck Soup to The Matrix), suddenly Zizek will pop up..."

March 20, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Martin & Lewis Collection: Volume One

"We don't need writers"

"...of them ever mentioned in the same breath as Duck Soup. ALSO OUT NOW All Quiet on the Western..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

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