Duck Soup

:This article is about the Marx Brothers film. Duck Soup is also a 1927 Laurel and Hardy film, a 1942 short film starring Edgar Kennedy and Florence Lake, and a traditional Polish dish that is also known as czernina.

Famous scenes

In the "mirror scene," Harpo, dressed as Groucho, pretends to be Groucho's reflection in a missing mirror, matching and mocking his every move. Eventually, Chico, also disguised as Groucho, collides with both of them. This scene has been duplicated in many different films and genres.

Related Topics:
Mirror - Scene

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In another famous scene the Marx Brothers poke fun at the Hays Code by showing a woman's bedroom and then showing a woman's shoes on the floor, a man's shoes and horseshoes. Harpo is sleeping in the bed with a horse.

Related Topics:
Hays Code - Bedroom - Shoe - Horseshoe - Horse

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One production number ridicules war by comparing nationalism to a minstrel show.

Related Topics:
Nationalism - Minstrel show

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