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{{short description|1939 Marx Brothers film by Edward Buzzell}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = At the Circus | image = At the Circus.jpg | caption = | director = [[Edward Buzzell]] | producer = [[Mervyn LeRoy]] | writer = [[Irving Brecher]]<br>[[Buster Keaton]] (uncredited)<br>[[Laurence Stallings]] (uncredited) | starring = [[Groucho Marx]]<br>[[Chico Marx]]<br>[[Harpo Marx]]<br>[[Florence Rice]]<br>[[Kenny Baker (American singer and actor)|Kenny Baker]]<br>[[Margaret Dumont]]<br>[[Eve Arden]] | music = [[Franz Waxman]] | cinematography = Leonard M. Smith | editing = William H. Terhune | studio = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] | distributor = [[Loews Cineplex Entertainment|Loew's, Inc.]] | released = {{film date|1939|10|20}} | country = United States | runtime = 87 minutes | language = English | budget = }} '''''At the Circus''''' is a 1939 [[comedy film]] starring the [[Marx Brothers]] ([[Groucho Marx|Groucho]], [[Harpo Marx|Harpo]] and [[Chico Marx|Chico]]) released by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] in which they help save a [[Circus (performing art)|circus]] from [[bankruptcy]]. The film contains [[Groucho Marx]]'s classic rendition of "[[Lydia the Tattooed Lady]]". The supporting cast includes [[Florence Rice]], [[Kenny Baker (American singer and actor)|Kenny Baker]], [[Margaret Dumont]], and [[Eve Arden]]. The songs, including "Lydia the Tattooed Lady", "Two Blind Loves", and "Step Up and Take a Bow", were written by the team of [[Harold Arlen]] and [[Yip Harburg]], who'd recently furnished the songs for another MGM film that same year, [[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|''The Wizard of Oz'']].
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