Director: William A. Seiter

Writer: Morrie Ryskind

From a play: Room Service by John Murray and Allen Boretz

Musical Director: Roy Webb

Producer: Pandro S. Berman

Keywords: Comedy

A theatrical producer goes to great lengths to avoid eviction from their hotel as they await funds from a backer of their play. Adaptation of the successful Broadway play which ran for 500 performances in 1937-38; it is the only Marx Brothers adaptation. Produced after the unfortunate death of Irving Thalberg, with the Marx Brothers on loan to RKO from MGM. Remade as a musical, Step Lively (1944).

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank Albertson	Actor	2-Feb-1909	29-Feb-1964	American character actor
Lucille Ball	Actor	6-Aug-1911	26-Apr-1989	I Love Lucy
Charles Halton	Actor	16-Mar-1876	16-Apr-1959	Bespectacled character actor
Donald MacBride	Actor	23-Jun-1889	21-Jun-1957	High Sierra
Chico Marx	Actor	22-Mar-1887	11-Oct-1961	An Italian con-man of a Marx Brother
Groucho Marx	Comic	2-Oct-1890	19-Aug-1977	You Bet Your Life
Harpo Marx	Actor	23-Nov-1888	28-Sep-1964	Silent harp-playing Marx Brother
Ann Miller	Dancer	12-Apr-1923	22-Jan-2004	Kiss Me Kate

CAST

The Marx Brothers
Groucho Marx	...   Gordon Miller
Chico Marx	...   Harry Binelli
Harpo Marx	...   Faker
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Lucille Ball	...   Christine
Ann Miller	...   Hilda
Frank Albertson	...   Leo Davis
Cliff Dunstan	...   Joseph Gribble
Donald MacBride	...   Gregory Wagner
Philip Loeb	...   Timothy Hogarth
Philip Wood	...   Simon Jenkins
Alexander Asro	...   Sasha
Charles Halton	...   Dr. Glass

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