Editing Duck Soup (1933 film) (section)

===Title===
Director McCarey reportedly came up with the title for the film, having previously used it for [[Duck Soup (1927 film)|an earlier directorial effort]] with [[Laurel and Hardy]].<ref name="filmsite"/> This continued the "animal" titles of the Brothers' previous three films, ''[[Animal Crackers (1930 film)|Animal Crackers]]'', ''[[Monkey Business (1931 film)|Monkey Business]]'' and ''[[Horse Feathers]]''.<ref name="Marxology">[http://www.marx-brothers.org/marxology/duck.htm "The Making of ''Duck Soup''" – Marxology.com]</ref>

"Duck soup" was American English [[slang]] referring to something easy to do. Conversely, "to duck something" meant to avoid it. When Groucho was asked for an explanation of the title, he quipped, "Take two turkeys, one goose, four cabbages, but no duck, and mix them together. After one taste, you'll duck soup for the rest of your life."<ref name="filmsite">{{cite web| last = Dirks| first = Tim| title = ''Duck Soup'' review| website = filmsite.org| url = http://www.filmsite.org/duck.html| access-date = 2007-12-30}}</ref>

McCarey also thought up "the very Laurel & Hardy-like sequence in which Harpo and Chico stage a break-in at Mrs Teasdale's house."<ref name="Marxology"/> Another McCarey contribution was the "mirror scene", a revival of an old Marx Brothers [[vaudeville]] act.<ref name="Louvish"/><ref name="filmsite"/>