Dumont, Margaret 1889-1965

Overview

Works:	78 works in 211 publications in 3 languages and 6,993 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Comedy films Film adaptations Western films Musical films Television comedies Variety shows (Television programs) Juvenile works Children's films Sports films
Roles:	Actor, Performer, Author, Costume designer, Other
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Margaret Dumont

Dumont, Margaret : 75( )
Dumont, Margaret : Actress by Martin Quigley( )
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Most widely held works by Margaret Dumont

Duck soup by Marx Brothers( Visual )

44 editions published between 1929 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,850 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

After being appointed the dictator of Freedonia, Rufus T. Firefly proceeds to bring the mythical nation to a halt by showing up late and insulting everyone at his inauguration. Hoping to oust the unfit new leader, two spies are sent from the neighboring Sylvania. Soon enough, war is declared between the two nations with outrageous results. Including Groucho's famous mirror scene and final battle scene, it remains as entertaining and relevant today as when first released in 1933

A day at the races by Sam Wood( Visual )

16 editions published between 1937 and 2004 in English and held by 1,160 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Doctor Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big horse race. The doctor runs into some problems. The doctor runs a high priced clinic for the well-off who do not have a clue that he has a degree in Veterinary Medicine

Animal Crackers by Victor Heerman( Visual )

31 editions published between 1930 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 860 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( Visual )

8 editions published between 2004 and 2016 in English and held by 809 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 660 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 )

4 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and held by 625 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 an 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

The Cocoanuts( Visual )

1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 312 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

W.C. Fields comedy collection( Visual )

1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 181 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 82 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

At the movies: After the success the two achieved performing live, they next tackled films. Includes trailers from some classic Martin and Lewis movies

A night at the opera by Sam Wood( Visual )

4 editions published between 1990 and 2004 in English and held by 61 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Groucho's outrageous business schemes bring Milan's finest opera stars to New York, with some unexpected stowaways on board--Harpo and Chico. The three of them create a near-riot on the ship, a scandal in New York, and an evening of insanity in the concert hall that the opera world will never forget

Laurel and Hardy collection( Visual )

1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 46 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

Colgate comedy hour( Visual )

1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 38 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

The dancing masters by Malcolm St. Clair( Visual )

2 editions published between 1997 and 2006 in English and held by 38 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The boys would starve to death were it not for their only paying customer, socialite Trudy Harlan. Trudy is in love with Grant Lawrence, an aspiring inventor who needs financial backing for his revolutionary new flame thrower. Laurel and Hardy undertake several moneymaking schemes to help Grant, most of these coming a-cropper. Finally, Ollie remembers an accident-insurance policy taken out on Stan. He tries to arrange an accident so that the boys can collect a huge fee, but this scheme culminates in a wild bus ride, resulting in Ollie breaking his own leg

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

6 editions published between 1941 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 29 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 25 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 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Young Bill Hickok: Roy as Wild Bill Hickok and Sally Payne as Calamity Jane foil the plans of a European agent to seize western territory and control of California's wealth by forcing the state to break away from the union during the Civil War

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 14 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 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