26th Annual Summer Film Series: Duck Soup

31 Engle Street,Englewood NJ 07631

26 July, 2022

Description

The Marx Brother’s classic Duck Soup will be the 4th film in the 26th Annual Academy Awards Film Festival at the Englewood Library on Tuesday, July 26, at 7 p.m. in the library’s Mackay Room. The program is free and open to the public, and no registration is needed. There will be pizza served with the film. When the tiny nation of Freedonia goes bankrupt, its wealthy benefactor, Mrs. Teasdale (Margaret Dumont), insists that the wacky Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) become the country's president. Sensing a weakness in leadership, the bordering nation of Sylvania sends in the spies Pinky (Harpo Marx) and Chicolini (Chico Marx) to set the stage for a revolution. As Firefly clashes with the Sylvanian ambassador (Louis Calhern), plenty of mayhem ensues, and the countries verge on all-out war. The film also stars Zeppo Marx, Raquel Torres and Edgar Kennedy. This 1933 film is not rated. The running time for Duck Soup is 79 minutes. The remaining movies scheduled for this series are: August 2 – Summer of Soul (doc.) August 9– King Richard August 16– Dazed and Confused August 23– Top Gun: Maverick August 30– West Side Story (2021) For further information, please e-mail [email protected], or visit the Library’s website at www.englewoodlibrary.org. The Englewood Public Library is located at 31 Engle Street, Englewood, NJ.