Don't get me wrong, I'm sure that Groucho Marx was a very talented actor in his day. It's just that in this particular film, the dialogue he was given was a waste of his talent. It seemed he was just spouting out one bad comeback after another. The really funny gags and jokes came from Harpo's character, like when he keeps on trashing and sabatoging the vendor's stand, or lighting his hat on fire, or the door scene I think the reason that he was so funny was, unlike most actors he never spoke, everything was said through actions.
Review of Duck Soup
