Apr 1st 
A Night in Casablanca***       
(US 1946)                       
United Artists. 84m. bw

A crooked hotel manager takes over at a secret enclave of Nazis trying to recover their stolen loot.
Underrated later entry in the Marx canon where neither they or their material are on top form, but still effectively zany and tense thriller spoof, with characteristic Marx interludes.

Written by: Joseph Fields, Roland Kibbee, and others.
Producer: David L. Loew.
Director: Archie Mayo.
Starring: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Lisette Vera, Charles Drake, Lois Collier, Sig Rumann, Dan Seymour.
Photography:James Van Trees.
Music: Werner Janssen (songs by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Werner Janssen).

+ Groucho to Harpo (in a moment of furtive danger): "I don't want to hear a word out of you."

A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA. The Marx Brothers break the bank at the casino (in a film made ironically to help Chico with his gambling debts), with certain sly references to Casablanca, such as Groucho's Bogart-style white tuxedo and bow tie.