At the Circus

At the Circus is a 1939 film about three men who help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds.
 * Directed by Edward Buzzell. Written by Irving Brecher.

Keep the world laughing! (taglines)

J. Cheever Loophole

 * I bet your father spent the first year of your life throwing rocks at the stork.


 * No thanks. Bad luck. Three on a midget.


 * You're like a beautiful chandelier. I'd like to be around when you get lit up.


 * It's the biggest dope ring in years. And Jardinet is the head dope!"


 * I have an agreement with the houseflies. They don't practice law and I don't walk on the ceiling.

Antonio Pirelli

 * You know what I say. Whenever you got business trouble the best thing to do is to get a lawyer. Then you got more trouble, but at least you got a lawyer.
 * I ain't got nothing, but you can always have half!

Dialogue

 * Peerless Pauline: I've waited so long to find someone like you.
 * J. Cheever Loophole: Oh, someone like me, I'm not good enough for you, eh?


 * Peerless Pauline: You're the man I've been dreaming of!
 * J. Cheever Loophole: What do you eat before you go to bed?


 * Peerless Pauline: Oh, but, you don't have to go right now, do you?
 * J. Cheever Loophole: Well, there's nothing to keep me here that I can see, from this angle.
 * Peerless Pauline: But, we, we hardly know each other. I can be very entertaining if I want to be.
 * J. Cheever Loophole: [Speaking directly to the camera] There must be some way of getting that money without getting in trouble with the Hays Office. [to Pauline] Will you walk on your hands?


 * Goliath the Strongman: How you like I should break you in two?!
 * J. Cheever Loophole: Could I file separate income taxes?


 * Mrs. Susanna Dukesbury: Well! What is the meaning of this?
 * J. Cheever Loophole: Keep your sheet on, I'm looking for old lady Dukesbury.
 * Mrs. Susanna Dukesbury: I am Mrs. Dukesbury.
 * J. Cheever Loophole: Snook'ems! [Rushes to her arms]
 * Mrs. Susanna Dukesbury: Oh, good gracious! I don't know you.
 * J. Cheever Loophole: You mean you've, you've forgotten?
 * Mrs. Susanna Dukesbury: Well, I...
 * J. Cheever Loophole: I know, you have forgotten. Those June nights on the Riviera, where we sat 'neath the shimmering skies! Moonlight bathing in the Mediterranean! We were young, gay, reckless! The night I drank champagne from your slipper - two quarts. It would have held more, but you were wearing inner soles! Oh, Hildegarde!
 * Mrs. Susanna Dukesbury: My name is Susanna!
 * J. Cheever Loophole: Let's not quibble!


 * Mrs. Susanna Dukesbury: Judge Chanock will sit on my left hand and you will sit on my right hand.
 * J. Cheever Loophole: How will you eat, through a tube?


 * Mrs. Susanna Dukesbury: We must have regard for certain conventions.
 * J. Cheever Loophole: One guy isn't enough. She's gotta have a convention.


 * J. Cheever Loophole: You know, if you hadn't sent for me I'd be home now, in a nice, warm bedroom, in a comfortable bed with a hot toddy.
 * Antonio Pirelli: Huh?
 * J. Cheever Loophole: That's a drink!
 * Antonio Pirelli: That'sa too bad!


 * Antonio Pirelli: Folks, I wanna you should meet my pal! My best friend! What's your name again?
 * J. Cheever Loophole: [annoyed] Loophole.
 * Antonio Pirelli: [shaking his hand] Glad to know ya!
 * J. Cheever Loophole: It's your pleasure.


 * Antonio Pirelli: You know what I think? The guy who hit Jeff on the head and knocked him out didn't like him.
 * J. Cheever Loophole: Now let's not jump to concussions.


 * Mrs. Susanna Dukesbury: You, monster. You're responsible for this disgrace!
 * J. Cheever Loophole: That's gratitude for you. Most men get their sweethearts one ring for an engagement. I got you three rings!
 * Mrs. Susanna Dukesbury: A circus! I'll be a laughing stock.


 * Mrs. Susanna Dukesbury: My Goodness! What about Jardinet?
 * J. Cheever Loophole: He's probably on his way back to Paris.

Taglines

 * Keep the world laughing!

Cast

 * Groucho Marx — J. Cheever Loophole
 * Harpo Marx — Punchy
 * Chico Marx — Antonio 'Tony' Pirelli
 * Florence Rice — Julie Randall
 * Kenny Baker — Jeff Wilson
 * Margaret Dumont — Mrs. Susanna Dukesbury
 * Eve Arden — Peerless Pauline
 * James Burke — John Carter
 * Nat Pendleton — Goliath the Strongman
 * Jerry Marenghi — Little Professor Atom
 * Fritz Feld — Jardinet
 * Barnett Parker — Whitcomb
 * Charles Gemora — Gibraltar the Gorilla