Shortly before this film premiered, the city of Fredonia, New York, complained about the use of its name with an additional "e". The Marx Brothers' response was: "Change the name of your town, it's hurting our picture." The mirror trick was previously used by Charlie Chaplin in The Floorwalker (1916) and by Max Linder in Seven Years Bad Luck (1921). During the battle scene, Groucho wore five different uniforms: A Union soldiers uniform, a Confederate general's uniform, a b ...[Read Story ]