November 17, 1933 –
…All right, I tell you. Monday we watch-a Firefly’s house, but he no come out. He wasn’t home. Tuesday we go to the ball game, but he fool us: he no show up. Wednesday he go to the ball game, but we fool him, we no show up. Thursday it was a double-header, nobody show up. Friday it rained all day, there was no ball game, so we stayed home, we listen to it over the radio.….
Unbelievable, but, a box office flop (at the time), The Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup opened on this date. (This film marks the last appearance of Zeppo Marx in a Marx Brothers film.)
Shortly before this film premiered, the city of Fredonia, New York, complained about the use of its name with an additional “e“. The Marx Brothers‘ response was, “Change the name of your town, it’s hurting our picture.”
The Haus of Dcaligari 