History Film / ADayAtTheRaces1937

* SpiritualSuccessor: The basic plot is markedly similar to the previous MarxBrothers film, ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'', except with horse-racing instead of opera.

The MarxBrothers' seventh film, released in 1937 and following closely in the same mold as their previous one, ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera''.

!! In addition to the usual tropes exhibited by the MarxBrothers, this film provides examples of:

* BeserkButton: Hi-Hat the horse utterly detests the main villain. This is used to advantage during the race.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The basic plot is markedly similar to the previous MarxBrothers film, ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'', except with horse-racing instead of opera.

* CallBack: to DuckSoup in the barn musical number with the line "All God's children got swing." Previously it was "All God's children got ''guns.''"

Judy Standish's (Maureen O'Sullivan) sanitarium is under threat of being taken over by unscrupulous businessman J.D. Morgan (Douglass Dumbrille), who wants to demolish it and expand his real estate monopoly. The only hope for Judy is if she can keep as a permanent patient the wealthy hypochondriac Mrs. Upjohn (Margaret Dumont), who will only stay if the sanitorium hires her favourite physician, Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx). Unfortunately for Mrs. Upjohn, Hackenbush is actually a confidence-trickstering veterinarian, who has to avoid being caught out by either Morgan's cronies, the Florida Medical Board or Mrs. Upjohn.

Judy Standish's (Maureen O'Sullivan) sanitarium is under threat of being taken over by unscrupulous businessman J.D. Morgan (Douglass Dumbrille), who wants to demolish it and expand his real estate monopoly. The only hope for Judy is if she can keep the wealthy hypochondriac Mrs. Upjohn (Margaret Dumont) as a permanent patient, who will only stay if the sanitorium hires her favourite physician, Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx). Unfortunately for Mrs. Upjohn, Hackenbush is actually a confidence-trickstering veterinarian, who has to avoid being caught out by either Morgan's cronies, the Florida Medical Board or Mrs. Upjohn.

Judy Standish's (Maureen O'Sullivan) sanitarium is under threat of being taken over by unscrupulous businessman J.D. Morgan (Douglass Dumbrille), who wants to demolish it and expand his real estate monopoly. The only hope for Judy is if she can keep the wealthy hypochondriac Mrs. Upjohn (Margaret Dumont) as a permanent patient, who will only stay if the sanitorium hires her favourite physician, Dr Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx). Unfortunately for Mrs. Upjohn, Hackenbush is actually a confidence-trickstering veterinarian, who has to avoid being caught out by either Morgan's cronies, the Florida Medical Board or Mrs. Upjohn.

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Judy Standish's (Maureen O'Sullivan) sanitarium is under threat of being taken over by unscrupulous businessman J.D. Morgan (Douglass Dumbrille), who wants to demolish it and expand his real estate monopoly. The only hope for Judy is if she can keep the wealthy hypochondriac Mrs Upjohn (Margaret Dumont) as a permanent patient, who will only stay if the sanitorium hires her favourite physician, Dr Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx). Unfortunately for Mrs Upjohn, Hackenbush is actually a confidence-trickstering veterinarian, who has to avoid being caught out by either Morgan' cronies, the Florida Medical Board or Mrs Upjohn.

Not to be confused with the 1976 [[Music/ADayAtTheRaces album of the same name]] by Music/{{Queen}}.

Judy Standish's (Maureen O'Sullivan) Sanitarium is under threat of being taken over by unscrupulous businessman Morgan, who wants to demolish it and expand his real estate monopoly. The only hope for Judy is if she can keep the wealthy hypochondriac Mrs Upjohn (Margaret Dumont) as a permanent patient, who will only stay if the sanitorium hires her favourite physician, Dr Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx). Unfortunately for Mrs Upjohn, Hackenbush is actually a confidence-trickstering veterinarian, who has to avoid being caught out by either Morgan' cronies, the Florida Medical Board or Mrs Upjohn.

Meanwhile, Chico Marx and Harpo Marx play a sanitarium worker and a former jockey who have to save Hackenbush from a FemmeFatale employed by Morgan, while simultaneously trying to get the racehorse owned by the sanitarium owner's fiancée Gil into race-winning condition.

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The next MarxBrothers film after ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'', that follows pretty closely in the same mould.

Judy Standish's Sanitarium is under threat of being taken over by unscrupulous businessman Morgan, who wants to demolish it and expand his real estate monopoly. The only hope for Judy is if she can keep the wealthy hypochondriac Mrs Upjohn (Margaret Dumont) as a permanent patient, who will only stay if the sanitorium hires her favourite physician, Dr Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx). Unfortunately for Mrs Upjohn, Hackenbush is actually a confidence-trickstering veterinarian, who has to avoid being caught out by either Morgan' cronies, the Florida Medical Board or Mrs Upjohn.

* RealJokeName: Narrowly averted, Groucho Marx's character was going to be Doctor '''Quack'''enbush, but MGM's Legal department heard from an actual Dr. Quackenbush complaining, so the name was changed to Hackenbush.

!! This show provides examples of:

* SpiritualSuccessor: The basic plot is markedly similar to the previous MarxBrothers film, ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'', except with horseracing instead of opera.

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Chico keeps pronouncing Groucho's character Hackenbush's name as "Hackannapuss".

* SpiritualSuccessor: The basic plot is markedly similar to the previous MarxBrothers film, ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'', except with horseracing instead of opera.

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