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title="Comedic genres">Genres</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Slapstick" title="Slapstick">Slapstick</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Former members</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Ritz" title="Al Ritz">Al Ritz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Ritz" title="Jimmy Ritz">Jimmy Ritz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Ritz" title="Harry Ritz">Harry Ritz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ritz Brothers</b> were an American family comedy act consisting of brothers <a href="/wiki/Al_Ritz" title="Al Ritz">Al</a> (1901–1965), <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Ritz" title="Jimmy Ritz">Jimmy</a> (1904–1985), and <a href="/wiki/Harry_Ritz" title="Harry Ritz">Harry Ritz</a> (1907–1986) who performed extensively on stage, in nightclubs and in films from 1925 to the late 1970s. A fourth brother, George, acted as their manager. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritz_Brothers&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The four brothers were born in <a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark, New Jersey</a> to Austrian Jewish <a href="/wiki/Haberdasher" title="Haberdasher">haberdasher</a> Max Joachim and his wife Pauline. They also had a sister Gertrude.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Harry explained on a <a href="/wiki/Joe_Franklin" title="Joe Franklin">Joe Franklin</a> TV interview that the family name was pronounced "joe-ACK-him", and that eldest brother Al, a <a href="/wiki/Vaudeville" title="Vaudeville">vaudeville</a> dancer, adopted a new <a href="/wiki/Professional_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional name">professional name</a> after he saw the name "Ritz" on the side of a laundry truck. Jimmy and Harry followed suit when the brothers formed a team. The Ritzes emphasized precision dancing in their act, and added comedy material as they went along. By the early 1930s they were stage headliners.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Movie_career">Movie career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritz_Brothers&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Movie career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1934 <a href="/wiki/Educational_Pictures" title="Educational Pictures">Educational Pictures</a>, producers of short subjects, hired "The Three Ritz Brothers" to make a series of six two-reel comedies in New York.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first, <i>Hotel Anchovy</i>, did well enough for the film's distributor, <a href="/wiki/20th_Century-Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century-Fox">20th Century-Fox</a>, to void the Educational contract and hire the team as a specialty act for feature-length musicals, to be filmed in Hollywood. From 1935 to 1937 the brothers barged in on the action in several musical comedies, including <i><a href="/wiki/Sing,_Baby,_Sing" title="Sing, Baby, Sing">Sing, Baby, Sing</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/One_in_a_Million_(1936_film)" title="One in a Million (1936 film)">One in a Million</a></i>, and the <a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a> musical <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Avenue" title="On the Avenue">On the Avenue</a></i>. In 1937 Fox gave the Ritz Brothers their own starring series, beginning with <i><a href="/wiki/Life_Begins_in_College" title="Life Begins in College">Life Begins in College</a></i>. </p><p>The brothers had a large following, and some fans compared them to the <a href="/wiki/Marx_Brothers" title="Marx Brothers">Marx Brothers</a>, but the Ritzes did not play contrasting characters like the Marxes did, instead adopting the same boisterous behavior, making it harder for audiences to tell them apart. The ringleader was always rubber-faced, mouthy Harry, with Jimmy and Al enthusiastically following his lead. They frequently broke into songs and dances during their feature comedies, and often did celebrity impersonations (among them <a href="/wiki/Ted_Lewis_(musician)" title="Ted Lewis (musician)">Ted Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Lorre" title="Peter Lorre">Peter Lorre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Martin_(entertainer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Martin (entertainer)">Tony Martin</a>, and even <a href="/wiki/Alice_Faye" title="Alice Faye">Alice Faye</a> and <a href="/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn" title="Katharine Hepburn">Katharine Hepburn</a>). The brothers were caricatured in animated cartoons, including the 1937 <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Pictures" title="Warner Bros. Pictures">Warner Bros.</a> short <i><a href="/wiki/A_Sunbonnet_Blue" class="mw-redirect" title="A Sunbonnet Blue">A Sunbonnet Blue</a></i> and the 1939 <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a> short <i><a href="/wiki/The_Autograph_Hound" title="The Autograph Hound">The Autograph Hound</a></i>. </p><p>Their talent was also noted by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Goldwyn" title="Samuel Goldwyn">Samuel Goldwyn</a>, who borrowed them from Fox for his <a href="/wiki/Technicolor" title="Technicolor">Technicolor</a> variety show, <i>The Goldwyn Follies</i>, where they appeared with other headliners of the day including <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Bergen" title="Edgar Bergen">Edgar Bergen</a> and Charlie McCarthy. Perhaps their most successful film during this period was Fox's 1939 musical-comedy version of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers_(1939_film)" title="The Three Musketeers (1939 film)">The Three Musketeers</a></i>, co-starring <a href="/wiki/Don_Ameche" title="Don Ameche">Don Ameche</a>. </p><p>Fox chief <a href="/wiki/Darryl_F._Zanuck" title="Darryl F. Zanuck">Darryl F. Zanuck</a> always viewed Harry Ritz as the star of the act, with Al and Jimmy as excess baggage. Zanuck's handwritten notes on Ritz scripts insisted that Harry's roles and dialogue should be built up.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zanuck even told Harry what a big star he <i>could</i> be if he only got rid of his brothers. Harry ended the conversation immediately, refusing to consider splitting the act. Zanuck bought an old <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Spence_(screenwriter)" title="Ralph Spence (screenwriter)">Ralph Spence</a> play, <i>The Gorilla</i> (staged in 1925), and pushed the Ritzes into a 1939 film version. The Ritzes complained about the low quality of the script and staged a highly publicized walkout. Zanuck responded by completing <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gorilla_(1939_film)" title="The Gorilla (1939 film)">The Gorilla</a></i> anyway, terminating the Ritzes' starring series, and casting them in a B picture: <i>Pack Up Your Troubles</i> starring <a href="/wiki/Jane_Withers" title="Jane Withers">Jane Withers</a>. Zanuck then arranged to loan the brothers out to <a href="/wiki/Republic_Pictures" title="Republic Pictures">Republic Pictures</a>, a minor-league "budget" studio known for westerns and serials. The Ritz Brothers refused the deal and left Fox for good in late 1939. </p><p>In 1940 they moved to <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a>, where they were scheduled to star in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Boys_from_Syracuse_(film)" title="The Boys from Syracuse (film)">The Boys from Syracuse</a></i> but were removed from that production and reassigned to make brash B comedies with music. Their final film as a trio was <i><a href="/wiki/Never_a_Dull_Moment_(1943_film)" title="Never a Dull Moment (1943 film)">Never a Dull Moment</a></i> (1943). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nightclubs_and_television">Nightclubs and television</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritz_Brothers&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Nightclubs and television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ritz Brothers left Hollywood in 1943 to concentrate on their nightclub act and personal appearances. In the 1950s they made guest appearances on network television (including <i>All Star Revue</i>, a 1952 comedy hour broadcast live, in which the Ritzes dominated the action and earned rave reviews). They soon became a top Las Vegas attraction. In 1958 Harry participated in a sketch-comedy LP, <i>Hilarity in Hollywood</i> (also known as <i>Hilarity in Hi-Fi</i>). </p><p>The Ritzes were appearing at the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> Roosevelt Hotel in December 1965 when Al died of a sudden <a href="/wiki/Myocardial_infarction" title="Myocardial infarction">heart attack</a>. Harry and Jimmy were devastated, as the trio had always been close. The two surviving brothers continued the act and appeared together in several films. The last appearances of the Ritz Brothers as a team (minus Al) were in the mid-1970s films <i><a href="/wiki/Blazing_Stewardesses" title="Blazing Stewardesses">Blazing Stewardesses</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Won_Ton_Ton,_the_Dog_Who_Saved_Hollywood" title="Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood">Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood</a></i>, a spoof of the old <i><a href="/wiki/Rin_Tin_Tin" title="Rin Tin Tin">Rin Tin Tin</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Lassie" title="Lassie">Lassie</a></i> movies. In <i>Blazing Stewardesses</i> the Ritzes were cast as replacements for <a href="/wiki/The_Three_Stooges" title="The Three Stooges">The Three Stooges</a>, who dropped out of the film when <a href="/wiki/Moe_Howard" title="Moe Howard">Moe Howard</a>'s declining health forced the trio to cancel. (Contrary to many accounts, Moe was still alive when <i>Blazing Stewardesses</i> filmed in March 1975; he was too ill to work. Moe died in early May of that year; <i>Blazing Stewardesses</i> opened a month later in June 1975.) Harry and Jimmy made semi-regular appearances on the 1970 television revival of the comedy-themed game show, <i><a href="/wiki/Can_You_Top_This%3F" title="Can You Top This?">Can You Top This?</a></i> and made a lively encore appearance on television, as guests on <a href="/wiki/Dick_Cavett" title="Dick Cavett">Dick Cavett</a>'s PBS talk show. </p><p>In 1979, television producer <a href="/wiki/Garry_Marshall" title="Garry Marshall">Garry Marshall</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Days" title="Happy Days">Happy Days</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Laverne_%26_Shirley" title="Laverne & Shirley">Laverne & Shirley</a></i>) prepared an American version of the British <a href="/wiki/Sitcom" title="Sitcom">sitcom</a><i> <a href="/wiki/Are_You_Being_Served%3F" title="Are You Being Served?">Are You Being Served?</a></i> The British series was set in the venerable Grace Bros. department store, owned by the elderly Mr. Grace (<a href="/wiki/Harold_Bennett" title="Harold Bennett">Harold Bennett</a>). The American adaptation, retitled <i>Beane's of Boston</i>, cast Harry Ritz as the owner, Mr. Beane. In the pilot, which did not sell, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Poston" title="Tom Poston">Tom Poston</a> plays the role and Harry Ritz does not appear. </p><p>Harry's final months were plagued by <a href="/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease" title="Alzheimer's disease">Alzheimer's disease</a>; Jimmy Ritz died in 1985 shortly before Harry, but Harry's health was so delicate that he was never told of his brother's death. Harry died five months later. </p><p>The brothers were entombed in Hollywood Cemetery, now called the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Forever_Cemetery" title="Hollywood Forever Cemetery">Hollywood Forever Cemetery</a> in Hollywood, California. They are entombed near each other in the Hall of David Mausoleum. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tributes">Tributes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritz_Brothers&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tributes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The influence of the Ritz Brothers was greater than their film career, in part because of their long career as nightclub entertainers. They influenced actors including <a href="/wiki/Danny_Kaye" title="Danny Kaye">Danny Kaye</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lewis" title="Jerry Lewis">Jerry Lewis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sid_Caesar" title="Sid Caesar">Sid Caesar</a>. In his 1976 film <i><a href="/wiki/Silent_Movie" title="Silent Movie">Silent Movie</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> paid tribute to the Ritz Brothers by casting Harry in a cameo (he is the fellow leaving a tailor's shop).<sup id="cite_ref-Crick2009_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crick2009-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the actor's last role. </p><p>In a 1976 <i><a href="/wiki/Esquire_(magazine)" title="Esquire (magazine)">Esquire</a></i> article, Harry Stein makes the case that many top comedians were influenced by, and even borrowed bits from, Harry Ritz.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview in <a href="/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy"><i>Playboy</i> magazine</a>, George Carlin said Harry Ritz "invented the moves for a whole generation" of comedians.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other tributes to them include mentions in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> (episode "<a href="/wiki/Mountain_of_Madness" title="Mountain of Madness">Mountain of Madness</a>"), <i><a href="/wiki/M*A*S*H_(TV_series)" title="M*A*S*H (TV series)">M*A*S*H</a></i> (episode "<a href="/wiki/Aid_Station_(M*A*S*H)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aid Station (M*A*S*H)">Aid Station</a>"), <i><a href="/wiki/Soap_(TV_series)" title="Soap (TV series)">Soap (TV series)</a></i> (episode 48), and the films <i><a href="/wiki/Pretty_Woman" title="Pretty Woman">Pretty Woman</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Saturday_Night" title="Mr. Saturday Night">Mr. Saturday Night</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/My_Favorite_Year" title="My Favorite Year">My Favorite Year</a></i>: "On the funny side, there's the Marx Brothers, except Zeppo, the Ritz Brothers, no exceptions, both Laurel <i>and</i> Hardy, and Woody Woodpecker." Another tribute to The Ritz Brothers appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/Leave_It_to_Beaver" title="Leave It to Beaver">Leave It to Beaver</a></i> (Season 6, Episode 30, "<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Book_Report_(Leave_It_To_Beaver)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Book Report (Leave It To Beaver) (page does not exist)">The Book Report</a>"), where Beaver (Theodore Cleaver) writes a book report about 'The Three Musketeers' based on the Ritz Brothers movie of the same name. </p><p>They received a star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> in 1987, in response to a campaign led by comedians <a href="/wiki/Jan_Murray" title="Jan Murray">Jan Murray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Red_Buttons" title="Red Buttons">Red Buttons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milton_Berle" title="Milton Berle">Milton Berle</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Phyllis_Diller" title="Phyllis Diller">Phyllis Diller</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HollywdStar_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HollywdStar-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1996, a Golden Palm Star on the <a href="/wiki/Palm_Springs,_California" title="Palm Springs, California">Palm Springs, California</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palm_Springs_Walk_of_Stars" title="Palm Springs Walk of Stars">Walk of Stars</a> was dedicated to them.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>They were the favorite musical clowns of the German-Jewish poet <a href="/wiki/Else_Lasker-Sch%C3%BCler" title="Else Lasker-Schüler">Else Lasker-Schüler</a>, and they appear as characters in her last play, <i>I and I</i> (<i>Ich und Ich</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Hedges2009_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hedges2009-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Norman_Lear" title="Norman Lear">Norman Lear</a> has said of Harry Ritz and the Ritz Brothers, "Harry Ritz was as funny as any human being, in or out of comedy, I have ever [met]... he was a jewel, in a glorious setting, and his brothers were the setting."<sup id="cite_ref-LearWTF_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LearWTF-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritz_Brothers&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Ritz_Brothers_films">The Ritz Brothers films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritz_Brothers&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: The Ritz Brothers films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Harry, Jimmy and Al Ritz</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <th>Year </th> <th>Movie </th></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>1934 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hotel_Anchovy" class="mw-redirect" title="Hotel Anchovy">Hotel Anchovy</a></i> (short subject) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>1936 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sing,_Baby,_Sing" title="Sing, Baby, Sing">Sing, Baby, Sing</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6">1937 </td> <td><i>Cinema Circus</i> (cameo appearance in short subject, in <a href="/wiki/Technicolor" title="Technicolor">Technicolor</a>) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><i><a href="/wiki/One_in_a_Million_(1936_film)" title="One in a Million (1936 film)">One in a Million</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Avenue" title="On the Avenue">On the Avenue</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Have_Everything" title="You Can't Have Everything">You Can't Have Everything</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Life_Begins_in_College" title="Life Begins in College">Life Begins in College</a></i> (first starring feature film) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ali_Baba_Goes_to_Town" title="Ali Baba Goes to Town">Ali Baba Goes to Town</a></i> (cameo appearance) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1938 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Goldwyn_Follies" title="The Goldwyn Follies">The Goldwyn Follies</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Moonshine" title="Kentucky Moonshine">Kentucky Moonshine</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Straight,_Place_and_Show" title="Straight, Place and Show">Straight, Place and Show</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1939 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers_(1939_film)" title="The Three Musketeers (1939 film)">The Three Musketeers</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gorilla_(1939_film)" title="The Gorilla (1939 film)">The Gorilla</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pack_Up_Your_Troubles_(1939_film)" title="Pack Up Your Troubles (1939 film)">Pack Up Your Troubles</a></i> starring <a href="/wiki/Jane_Withers" title="Jane Withers">Jane Withers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1940 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Argentine_Nights" title="Argentine Nights">Argentine Nights</a></i> co-starring <a href="/wiki/The_Andrews_Sisters" title="The Andrews Sisters">The Andrews Sisters</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>1942 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Behind_the_Eight_Ball_(film)" title="Behind the Eight Ball (film)">Behind the Eight Ball</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1943 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hi%27ya,_Chum" title="Hi'ya, Chum">Hi'ya, Chum</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Show-Business at War</i> (<a href="/wiki/March_of_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="March of Time">March of Time</a> short subject) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Never_a_Dull_Moment_(1943_film)" title="Never a Dull Moment (1943 film)">Never a Dull Moment</a></i> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>1956 </td> <td><i>Brooklyn Goes to Las Vegas</i> (short subject) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <dl><dt>Harry and Jimmy Ritz</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Blazing_Stewardesses" title="Blazing Stewardesses">Blazing Stewardesses</a></i> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>1976 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Won_Ton_Ton,_the_Dog_Who_Saved_Hollywood" title="Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood">Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Harry_Ritz_solo_films">Harry Ritz solo films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritz_Brothers&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Harry Ritz solo films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr 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New American Library. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-452-25694-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-452-25694-1"><bdi>978-0-452-25694-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Movie+Comedy+Teams&rft.pub=New+American+Library&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=978-0-452-25694-1&rft.aulast=Maltin&rft.aufirst=Leonard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmoviecomedyteams00malt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARitz+Brothers" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ritz_Brothers&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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