--- title: 'Monkey Business (1931)' type: 'film' director: 'Norman Z. McLeod' released: '1931-01-01' runtime_minutes: 77 genres: - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/monkey-business-1931' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022158/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Monkey Business (1931) 1931 · 77 min · Comedy · United States ## Synopsis Monkey Business is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film. It is the third of the Marx Brothers' released movies, and the first with an original screenplay rather than an adaptation of one of their Broadway shows. The film also features Thelma Todd, Harry Woods, Ruth Hall and Rockliffe Fellowes. It is directed by Norman Z. McLeod with screenplay by S. J. Perelman and Will B. Johnstone. It will enter the public domain on January 1, 2027 due to being published in 1931 and subsequently renewed in 1959. ## Credits - **Director:** [Norman Z. McLeod](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-z-mcleod) - **Screenplay:** [Ben Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-hecht) - **Original Music Composer:** [Sammy Fain](https://cinepixo.com/people/sammy-fain) - **Producer:** [Herman J. Mankiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/herman-j-mankiewicz) - **Director of Photography:** [Arthur L. Todd](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-l-todd) ## Cast - [Chico Marx](https://cinepixo.com/people/chico-marx) - [Cecil Cunningham](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-cunningham) - [Harry Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-woods) - [Groucho Marx](https://cinepixo.com/people/groucho-marx) - [Cyril Ring](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-ring) - [Harpo Marx](https://cinepixo.com/people/harpo-marx) - [Rolfe Sedan](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolfe-sedan) - [Thelma Todd](https://cinepixo.com/people/thelma-todd) - [Ruth Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-hall) - [Zeppo Marx](https://cinepixo.com/people/zeppo-marx) - [Rockliffe Fellowes](https://cinepixo.com/people/rockliffe-fellowes) - [Tom Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-kennedy) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/monkey-business-1931 Film facts: Wikidata (Q776964); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.