Groucho Marx - The Story Of Mankind

[@hanschristianbrando5588]

A brilliant sequence from an underappreciated movie.

[@YOULOOTWESHOOT101]

What’s the name of the movie ?

[@mjd4502]

​@@YOULOOTWESHOOT101 The Story of Mankind (1957)

[@YOULOOTWESHOOT101]

@@mjd4502 Thank you

[@rsrfm24]

Great to see....in colour and Groucho at his best. God bless the Max brothers my hero’s!! :)

[@Nataloff]

Thank you for finding and posting this. I used to have a copy of Henrik Willem van Loon's book on which this movie was based. Neither had much to do with each other -- or with Mankind.

[@kevinbergin9971]

Groucho Marx's humor-only in small doses please.

[@russellcampbell9198]

This film was panned and is still regarded as a bomb but there were some bits and pieces that were worth the journey.

[@marguitar1]

Groucho Marx is a genius! He was the perfect guy for that part!

[@booberminfranklin3652]

As in the part of Groucho Marx? Yep, certainly no one else could ever play that part.

[@Carl-LaFong1618]

I think Phil Silvers could of got a better deal.

[@bobbygaspard9107]

groucho marx is really funny one of my favorite scenes in this movie

[@OAKIE9531]

here's a piece of history...the Indians who sold Manhattan Island weren't the Indians who lived there; they were just on the island hunting

[@CaptainOT]

When the legend becomes truth, print the legend.

[@monumento.f.501]

depiction of the historic moment where the chief negotiated the island of Manhattan.

[@alanstrong55]

Groucho drew laughter. He was a comic at large.

[@ggersten]

That's a nice costume Mrs. Groucho is almost wearing.

[@eblackadder3]

I haven"t seen this in years. I didn't remember Abraham Sofaer as the Indian Chief!

[@myway7367]

I can picture my high school English teacher’s verdict: “First-draft quality. Needs serious work.”

[@GleeChan]

I can see this bit working if Groucho had a better sparing partner to go with. As written, it almost sounds like a Groucho/Chico scene, but the Chief's delivery is pretty slow and has little pacing. Groucho did the best with what he had.

[@judgeberry6071]

Wow the one-liners in this are way ahead of its time.

[@peterlederman861]

That Indian girl really has nice legs...…..

[@misterwhitman4368]

She may possibly have been of the Burlesque tribe!

[@CaptainOT]

Funny!

[@jb-vb8un]

she is EDEN HARTFORD what a cast Ronald Colman The Spirit of Man Vincent Price The Devil Sir Cedric Hardwicke High Judge Hedy Lamarr Joan of Arc Groucho Marx Peter Minuit Harpo Marx Isaac Newton Chico Marx Monk, adviser to Christopher Columbus Virginia Mayo Cleopatra Agnes Moorehead Queen Elizabeth Peter Lorre Nero Charles Coburn Hippocrates Cesar Romero Spanish envoy John Carradine Khufu Dennis Hopper Napoleon Marie Wilson Marie Antoniette Helmut Dantine Mark Antony Reginald Gardiner Shakespeare Marie Windsor Josephine George E. Stone Waiter Cathy O'Donnell Early Christian woman Melinda Marx Early Christian child Melville Cooper Majordomo Henry Daniell Bishop of Beauvais Francis X. Bushman Moses Jim Ameche Alexander Graham Bell Bobby Watson Adolf Hitler Anthony Dexter Columbus Bart Mattson Cleopatra's brother Dani Crayne Helen of Troy Eden Hartford Laughing Water Franklin Pangborn Marquis de Varennes Nick Cravat Apprentice Ziva Rodann Concubine Austin Greene Abraham Lincoln Harry Ruby Indian Brave Reginald Schallert Julius Caesar Abraham Sofaer Indian chief Marvin Miller Armana Tudir Owen Court clerk

[@ManInTheBigHat]

Excellent.

[@DDumbrille]

God, that was painful.

[@keithleeuwen877]

Great !

[@keithbrown8490]

This movie was directed by the "Master of Disaster" Irwin Allen ! True

[@Gods2ndFavoriteBassPlyr]

I love history.

[@willshad]

That Indian lady was Groucho's wife in real life.

[@jb-vb8un]

what a guy On July 17, 1954 Groucho Marx married Eden Hartford at Sun Valley, Idaho. It was his third marriage, it was her second. He was 63, she was 24.

[@KakarotOwns]

I watched this movie (yes all of it) and it's very interesting, i'm surprised it was made 60+ years ago.....I don't really watch movies that are this old but the title caught my attention.

[@AceripXF]

where can i see the whole movie

[@AceripXF]

does anyone have the full movie?

[@jaymcd8577]

Groucho you old charmer

[@FNGLHR]

He plays the devil. I think it's one of the only roles besides Groucho's that fits, Mainly because Vincent is having the time of his life, like most of his roles. I didn't even care if he was trying to get us all killed in the movie, I liked him just because compared to our representative, the Spirit of Man, he wasn't boring as hell.

[@fromthesidelines]

Groucho was a close friend of Irwin Allen; he KNEW that by casting him as "Peter Minuit", there would be at least ONE funny scene in the picture (coincidentally, Groucho was also "wiped out in the {1929} stock market"- 1:44). Abraham Sofaer, who later made guest appearances on several of Allen's TV shows [and occasionally appeared as "Haji" on "I DREAM OF JEANNIE"] is "The Chief"; Groucho's then-wife, Eden Hartford {"Oh, she oughta be in show business!"}, is "Laughing Water"...

[@jb-vb8un]

Director Irwin Allen Written by Irwin Allen Charles Bennett Hendrik Willem vam Loon (book) Cinematography Nicholas Musuraca Art director Art Loel Supervising film editor Roland Gross Editor Gene Palmer Music Paul Satwell Sound recordists Stanley Jones Associate producer George E. Swink Producer Irwin Allen

[@charlesgreenberg2753]

i guess you have to be either a Goucho-Phile or an old timer to get the "You Bet Your Life" reference.. Any takers??

[@ManInTheBigHat]

"One answer..." Nice catch.

[@aliced7505]

My answer depends.... Do I get fifty bucks if I say the magic word? 😊

[@RonRicho]

I hate to reduce it to this but Laughing Water was HOT!

[@CaptainOT]

The third Mrs. Groucho Marx - Eden Hartford

[@josephthomasmusic]

Hey guys, I was wondering could somebody please explain the context of the quote "3 minutes and leave them in the shell"? I love Groucho Marx, but honestly, I don't get this joke at all. So a little further explanation would definitely help. Much appreciated.

[@CaptainOT]

Soft boiled eggs are usually cooked no longer than three minutes. So when the chief asks "HOW!", Groucho's ordering up breakfast.

[@josephthomasmusic]

@@CaptainOT Thanks that makes perfect sense now. 🤣

[@AceripXF]

@@CaptainOT ty cos i didnt get it either lol

[@MM-ku2jt]

Damn funny. Loved it.

[@trliiv1842]

this is pretty much how it went down lol

[@sneedbreedley]

With Irwin Allen, even his comedies are a disaster!

[@salvagemonster3612]

Is that the tribe from F Troop?

[@frankjuster8726]

the indian girl ( played by groucho's third wife , eden ) reminds me a bit of mick jagger's ex-wife bianca .

[@blancamiranda6661]

She was beautiful I see why he wanted her but Groucho never found that rite match...he was a good father. The marx family were very close..family orientated ,Groucho is my favorite and Harpo always scared me when i was young🎥🎬📣⭐

[@aliced7505]

I never knew what any of his wives looked like. Wow, that was his wife?! Did she have a movie career prior to meeting him? Just wondering. I could look it up if it mattered that much to me.

[@starfishsystems]

Ow. That is painful.

[@MR1227]

Best thing about the whole movie was the Groucho/Buying Manhattan Island sequence....funny scene that I'd guess Groucho was involved with getting it to come out the way it did.

[@TedNewsom]

Yes, the film stinks on ice, but, boy oh boy, in color, it's something.

[@thomasbinninger1355]

Abe sofaer was Hagee on I dream of jeannie.

[@aliced7505]

Me take tags, you take jewels. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@fabianvassallo1096]

I love Groucho Marx. He would be so disappointed if he were alive today to see a world that has become such a terrible place to live in unlike the good ól days of the Golden Years.

[@Traderjoe]

No smoking and no drink? What do you need money for? Haha

[@johnwillard8311]

Eleven years before this, Abraham Sofaer played the judge in the 1946 film "A Matter of Life and Death" ("Stairway to Heaven" in US); and later was in an episode of "Kolchak: The Night Stalker": "Horror In The Heights."

[@phantomcruizer]

He was also in an episode of the original Lost in Space TV series.

[@pacarter7169]

A modern context in an historical era?

[@56bluegold]

A very Good movie !

[@aliced7505]

You cannot watch a Marx Brothers movie and not laugh.

[@autoguy57]

Give Manhattan BACK TO THE INDIANS!!!

[@manzanoben]

Eden Hartford (Laughing Water) was hot!

[@CaptainOT]

Now you why Groucho was married to her... you bet your wife!

[@harpflute]

Wednesday evening 9:49 pm

[@Resenbrink]

It's a train wreck of a movie but historically interesting

[@triumphmanful]

trade girl for tags. Deal ?

[@MFPhoto1]

Groucho does his best with some pretty lame material. Actually the film really drags up to this point. Groucho give it the shot of energy it needs. The only really good sequence in the film is Harpo as Sir Isaac Newton. Chico also makes an appearance, but he is totally wasted. He looks very ill, although this movie is four years before his death.

[@yosefdemby8792]

I read here and there that anyone could write for Groucho.

[@MFPhoto1]

Anyone who did not mind the brothers ignoring the script and ad libing their own lines.

[@CaptainOT]

Harpo in "Story of Mankind" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmjHlmSpicp3bNk Chico in "Story of Mankind" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIGrlnSnocRjiqs

[@anonymoussources8803]

Who the hell is the sexy indian girl?

[@whobp8]

Mike Ebersol Groucho's wife at the time, Eden Hartford

[@terencehill3972]

We're too late. She already died almost half a century ago.

[@AceripXF]

lol

[@LlorDrei]

I love this movie. In my opinion, putting the Marx Brothers in it was the worst part of it, and the film would likely have been far better received had they not been a part of it. Their bits were completely out of character for the rest of the film, Chico being fairly acceptable for the shortness of his part, but still not that great for the film with his delivery of even a short line, Harpo's antics painful to watch, and Groucho's scene being the absolute worst thing in the film. If they had not been in the film at all, this could have been a masterpiece, but their inclusion right in the middle of the film just completely derailed the seriousness of the satirical nature of the film.

[@redblade8160]

Boring as hell.

[@pfflyer3381]

And two hard boiled eggs...

[@SpreadingtheMuse]

No drink? No smoke? No girls? So what would you need money for? Game of Thrones would ask that same question 50 years later.