PICTURE, QUOTE, MOVIE #71

1.  What is the movie the picture is from?

2.  What movie is this quote from?

You mean your only plan is to stand behind a few feet of mealie bags and wait for the attack?  

3.  What movie is this?

 It was the last film where all the stars participated.  The unfunny one gave up his fabled acting career after the film was finished. The movie was released in 1933, coincidentally (and I do mean coincidentally) the year Hitler came to power.  The movie was banned in Italy because Mussolini was personally offended (you can’t buy publicity like that) and in Germany (as with all their films) because the stars were Jewish.  It was directed by the only decent director that dealt with them – Leo McCarey (who did not enjoy the experience).  The movie underperformed at the box office possibly because its irreverence did not fit the Depression-era mood of the populace and its anti-government satire ran up against the optimistic mood of the early New Deal.  Critics were pretty brutal and the movie was not highly thought of until a revival in the 1960s.  Today it is considered to be their masterpiece and is ranked #60 (up from #85) on AFIs most recent list of great American movies.  It is #5 on the Comedy list.  The title apparently comes from a slang term meaning an easy task.