A Day at the Races

A Day at the Races1937

A Day at the Races is the Marx Brothers at their commercial and popular peak, working with a top Hollywood director (Sam Wood of The Pride of the Yankees), supported with a healthy screen budget paying for such extras as a blue-tinted ballet sequenc… more »



Hackenbush:
[examining Stuffy with an auriscope] I haven't seen anything like this in years. The last time I saw a head like that was in a bottle of formaldehyde.

Tony:
Told you he was sick.

Hackenbush:
[pointing to Stuffy's neck] That's all pure desecration along there. He's got about a 15% metabolism, with an overactive thyroid and a glandular affectation of about 3%.

Tony:
That's bad.

Hackenbush:
With a 1% mentality. [Stuffy grins] He's what we designate as the crummy moronic type. All in all, this is the most gruesome looking piece of blubber I've ever peered at.

Tony:
Hey doc. Hey doc!

Hackenbush:
Huh?

Tony:
You gotta the looking glass turned around, you're looking at yourself.

Hackenbush:
I knew it all the time. That was a good joke on all of us, wasn't it?

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