June 11, 1937 –
The Marx Brothers film, A Day at the Races, opened on this date.
Irving Thalberg protested the scene in which Harpo Marx frantically mimes to Chico Marx that Hackenbush (Groucho Marx) is in danger. It changed Harpo, said Thalberg, from a character who DIDN’T talk into a character who COULDN’T talk. Thalberg, who didn’t live to see the completed film, was overruled, and similar gags were used in the later The Marx Brothers pictures A Night in Casablanca and Love Happy.
The Haus of Dcaligari 