Musical Numbers
As in the previous Marx Bros. MGM films, the movie contains elaborate production numbers, such as the upbeat "Sing While You Sell," led by a singing, dancing Groucho; and "Tenement Symphony" sung by Tony Martin and a boys' choir. The screenwriting team of Kuller, Golden, and Fimberg also supplied the lyrics to Hal Borne's original music. Also of note is that this is the second film in which an instrumental version of "Cosi-Cosa" off "A Night at the Opera" can be heard (playing during the moving bed scene); the first being "A Day at the Races."
- "If It's You"- Tony Martin (music & lyrics by Ben Oakland, Artie Shaw & Milton Drake)
- "Sing While You Sell"- Groucho, Six Hits and a Miss singing group, with other cast members, including Virginia O'Brien, and with Harpo as a drum-beating snake charmer
- "Rock-a-bye Baby"- Virginia O'Brien
- "Mama Yo Quiero"- Chico and Harpo (piano duet)
- "Mozart's Sonata in C major" - Harpo (harp)
- "Beethoven's Minuet" - Harpo (harp/cello/violin, although perhaps supplied by noted jazz violinist Georgie Stoll)
- "Tenement Symphony"- Tony Martin, onstage choir and orchestra, featuring Chico and Harpo
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