Humor Risk (1921)

Harpo played the hero, a detective named Watson who "made his entrance in a high hat, sliding down a coal chute into the basement". Groucho played an "old movie" villain, who "sported a long moustache and was clad in black", while Chico was probably his "chuckling [Italian] henchman". Zeppo portrayed a playboy who was the owner of a nightclub in which most of the action took place, including "a cabaret, [which allowed] the inclusion of a dance number". The final shot showed Groucho "in ball and chain, trudging slowly off into the gloaming". Harpo, in a rare moment of romantic glory, gets the girl in the end. This film is lost.

Released Dec. 1, 1921 24 min 7+

Genres: Comedy, Horror, Short

Keywords: tmdb.lost-film, mdblist.imdb-short, tmdb.detective, tmdb.black-and-white, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.lost-film, aspectratio.1-33-1

Production Companies: Caravel Comedies

Country: United States
Languages: No Language, English