Monkey Business

Monkey Business. 1931 Paramount Pictures, now owned and distributed by Universal Pictures.
Starring: The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo), Thelma Todd, Rockliffe Fellowes, Harry Woods, Ruth Hall
Cameo Appearance: Sam Marx
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Part of the Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection.

"Do you suppose I could buy back my introduction to you?"

Stowing away on a ship bound for America, the boys are unwittingly recruited as henchmen for a pair of feuding gangsters while trying to avoid the ship's crew. Groucho and Zeppo assist one gangster, Chico and Harpo "help" the other one. After the boat arrives in America, and the brothers sneak off the ship, one of the gangsters kidnaps the daughter of the other one, and it's up to the brothers Marx (particularly Zeppo, engaging in a fairly brutal fight scene towards the end of the movie) to save the girl.

While trying to sneak through a passenger checkpoint, on the advice of Zeppo, the boys try to get past security by impersonating the French entertainer Maurice Chevalier. Three of the brothers sing "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" ("If a nightingale could sing like you..."), while Harpo relies on a recording of the song played on a record player concealed in his coat. Hilarious scene.

This is my personal favorite Marx Brothers movie. Highly recommended.