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Originally Posted by lonmol
There are two pre-code Marx Brothers films that contain EUF scenes. One's in Duck Soup, during Harpo's "Paul Revere" ride, and the other is in A Night at the Opera. The Night at the Opera scene is quite risque as Harpo tears the skirts off three women during a musical number. The main actress is very attractive, and is wearing surprisingly modern looking panties (which Harpo actually attempts to rip off at one point!). I could only find one still from the Duck Soup scene. Anyone have the clips?
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There was apparently supposed to be a more risque scene in
Duck Soup where Chico is interviewing girls to become spies for Freedonia after war is declared. Eventually they decide to make Harpo the spy and give him a "spyglass" to get started, which he uses to peep on a woman getting undressed, and eventually ends up chasing her down the street Benny Hill-style. I don't know if this was an unfilmed scene (it's in the script, but doesn't appear in the movie) or if it was filmed and taken out when the movie was re-issued. There don't seem to be any production stills of it appearing in any of the usual publications like
Film Fun magazine, so I suspect it might have been cut to appease the Hays Office.