In the opening credits, the first name of Captain Spaulding, is spelled "Jeffrey". Moments later in newspaper clip, his first name is spelled "Geoffrey."
In the opening scenes, Hives turns to speak to Mrs. Rittenhouse after his opening song, and his waistcoat is different. It continues to swap from one style to another throughout the movie.
When Hives tells Mrs. Rittenhouse of Captain Spaulding's arrival, he's seen leaving with her, but in the next scene, he's already at the top of the stairs introducing Spaulding's secretary Jameson.
Around 00:06:57, Captain Jeffrey Spaulding rises up. On the next shot, he rises up again.
When Professor replaces the handgun for a rifle after he shoots himself in the foot, Hives can be seen in the background walking behind the column, clearly awaiting his turn to enter the scene.
As the Marx Bros. enter singing "Old Kentucky Home" and the crowd turns upstage, you can see Louis Sorin (Chandler) reach for his tie with both hands to remove it once he is facing away from the audience. Next, there is an obvious cut, but you see Sorin's elbow (at left) in the closer shot of Groucho, Zeppo, and Chico, with Harpo standing behind them. The brothers part to reveal Harpo wearing a full-body swimsuit upside down, and Sorin's tie around his neck. Sorin grabs his tie back.
Since they were filming a stage play, it's obvious the scene was shot straight through at least once. On the stage, the actor playing Chandler would have to remove his tie at this point and either (A) slip it to Harpo while he was behind his brothers, or more likely (B) pocket it because Harpo would already have on a duplicate tie when he entered.
Since they were filming a stage play, it's obvious the scene was shot straight through at least once. On the stage, the actor playing Chandler would have to remove his tie at this point and either (A) slip it to Harpo while he was behind his brothers, or more likely (B) pocket it because Harpo would already have on a duplicate tie when he entered.
When Harpo replaces the handgun for a rifle after he shoots himself in the foot, Hives can be seen in the background walking behind the column, clearly waiting to enter later in the scene.
Chandler (Louis Sorin) says to Spaulding (Groucho Marx), "Tell me, Captain Chandler -- excuse me -- Spaulding ..." Spaulding replies "Spaulding, that's right. I'm Spaulding, you're Chandler. Let's have no more of that. It's bad enough being Spaulding." Marx may have been improvising in response to a real flub by Sorin, or it may have been scripted dialogue showing that the former fish peddler, "Abie," is having trouble remembering his own alias, "Chandler."