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Groucho to Warner Bros: Get Bent

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sirdiddimusPerson was signed in when posted
09-20-2002
07:05 PM ET (US)
 The prologue is the best!


Unamused, Warner Bros. requested that the Marx Brothers at least outline the premise of their film. Groucho responded with an utterly ridiculous storyline, and, sure enough, received another stern letter requesting clarification. He obliged and went on to describe a plot even more preposterous than the first, claiming that he, Groucho, would be playing “Bordello, the sweetheart of Humphrey Bogart.” No doubt exasperated, Warner Bros. did not respond. A Night in Casablanca was released in 1946.
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Patrick Nielsen HaydenPerson was signed in when posted
09-20-2002
03:50 PM ET (US)
 From the Urban Legends Reference Pages:

http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/anightin.htm

With the real story to hand, Groucho's letter doesn't look quite so admirable.
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