A Day at the Races

1937. USA. Directed by Sam Wood. With Groucho, Harpo, and Chico Marx. Dalí sketched several portraits of Harpo Marx on the set of A Day at the Races, incorporating emblematic images of a lobster and a melting-tongue-like form perched atop Harpo's harp; the dislocation of the tongue may signal an acknowledgement of Harpo's muteness. Dalí even prepared a script titled Giraffes on Horseback Salad as a starring vehicle for Harpo, but the project was never realized. Print courtesy MGM/Swank Motion Pictures, Inc. 111 min.