Dumont, Margaret 1889-1965

Overview

Works:	78 works in 227 publications in 3 languages and 6,997 library holdings
Genres:	Comedy films Drama Film adaptations Musical films Western films Television comedies Variety shows (Television programs) Juvenile works Children's films Sports films
Roles:	Actor, Performer, Costume designer, Author, Other
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Margaret Dumont

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Dumont, Margaret : Actress by Martin Quigley( )

Most widely held works by Margaret Dumont

Duck soup by Marx Brothers( Visual )

49 editions published between 1929 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,881 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this political satire, Groucho is Rufus T. Firefly, the dictator of mythical Freedonia, while Harpo and Chico are commissioned as spies by his political rival

A day at the races by Sam Wood( Visual )

16 editions published between 1937 and 2004 in English and held by 1,145 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A zany comedy featuring the antics of the Marx brothers posing as a horse doctor, a jockey, and a vendor of bad racing tips

Animal Crackers by Victor Heerman( Visual )

31 editions published between 1930 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 859 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Comedy classic that loosely centers around a painting stolen during a house party held by a wealthy society woman. This film introduces Groucho's most famous character, Captain Spaulding

The Marx Brothers silver screen collection by Marx Brothers( Visual )

11 editions published between 2004 and 2016 in English and held by 820 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Monkey business: While stowing away on a ship to America, the boys get involuntarily pressed into service as toughs for a pair of feuding gangsters

Room service by William A Seiter( Visual )

4 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and held by 654 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Room Service: A cash-strapped theatrical troup tries to find a backer and keep from being thrown out of their hotel. At the Circus: The brothers try to keep the cash-strapped circus running by finding a backer

Go West ; The big store by Edward Buzzell( Visual )

7 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and held by 626 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In Go West, it's 1870 and the Marx Brothers are out to get rich in Dead man's Gulch. In the big store, the brothers reduce and enormous inventory of upscale merchandise into a multilevel disaster as they pursue and evade villains via bicycles, skates, unicycles, broad jumps, shipping chutes, elevator cables, high wires, pole vaults and pseudo-Tarzan chandelier swinging

W.C. Fields comedy collection( Visual )

1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 188 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

You're telling me!: Sam Bisbee is an inventor who is the laughingstock in his small town. After demonstrating another failed invention, he meets a princess who promises to use her celebrity to turn his luck around

The Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis collection( Visual )

3 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 83 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collegate Comedy Hour: Dean and Jerry bring their unique brand of comedy to one of television's best comedy-variety shows. The smooth crooning style of Dean Martin and the slapstick lunacy of Jerry Lewis mix hilariously with their guests

A night at the opera by Sam Wood( Visual )

5 editions published between 1990 and 2004 in English and held by 59 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Marx Brothers get mixed up with grand opera

Laurel and Hardy collection( Visual )

1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 45 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Get ready to waltz, runba and pirouette with Laurel and Hardy as the hapless comic duo takes the reins of the Arthur Hurry School of Dancing

The dancing masters by Malcolm St. Clair( Visual )

2 editions published between 1997 and 2006 in English and held by 40 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Olly and Stan find themselves in another fine mess when they are evicted from their dancing school for non-payment of rent. In an hilarious attempt to raise money from insurance fiddles, Hardy tries to inflict injuries on Laurel ... with hysterical consequences

Colgate comedy hour( Visual )

1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 36 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two segments of the variety show featuring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

Never give a sucker an even break by Edward Cline( Visual )

8 editions published between 1941 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 31 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fields plays himself in what begins as a movie-within-a-movie. Slapstick, verbal gags and song blend throughout as Fields, with a newly-adopted orphan niece and a variety of get-rich schemes, tries to sell a script to Esoteric Studios, becomes a wooden nutmeg salesman, skydives, moves in with a tribe of mountain dwellers, and participates in a high speed auto chase

W.C. Fields comedy collection( Visual )

1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 28 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

W.C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length film consists mainly of a series of flashbacks-- a number of disjointed, funny and bizarre scenes spoofing his own cinematic career, Hollywood and the filmmaking industry

Martin & Lewis Colgate comedy hour( Visual )

1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 24 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis sing it out and clown it up in these eight classic episodes from the popular 1950's Sunday night series

The best of Roy Rogers( Visual )

1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 22 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Under California stars: Trigger is stolen by horse rustlers as Roy prepares to celebrate his tenth anniversary in pictures with a special broadcast. High adventure ensues

The best of Roy Rogers( Visual )

1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 18 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Young Buffalo Bill: Roy is Buffalo Bill and Gabby Hayes his sidekick in the New Mexico territory of the 1860's. They are asked by Gabby's former commanding officer to keep an eye on his son, who is conducting a land survey

A day at the races ; A night in Casablanca ; Room service ; At the circus( Visual )

1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 15 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A horse doctor and his friends try to keep a sanitarium from going under; brothers try to thwart Nazis looking to recover a stolen treasure after the war; broke theatrical producers try to find backing while avoiding the landlord; two circus hands and a lawyer try to save a circus for its owner

The cocoanuts by Joseph Santley( Visual )

4 editions published between 1929 and 2011 in English and held by 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Classic Marx Brothers comedy with Groucho as a hotel owner, Chico and Harpo as con men and Margaret Dumont as a wealthy matron

The Marx Brothers in The cocoanuts by Marx Brothers( Recording )

4 editions published between 1981 and 1994 in English and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide