▁contemporary ▁society " ▁and ▁hoped ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁score ▁could ▁be ▁written ▁by ▁Cole ▁Por ter . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁never ▁produced . ▁Har per ' s ▁Magazine ▁pos its ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁because ▁Metro - G old w yn - M ayer , ▁the ▁Marx ▁Brothers ' ▁studio ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁considered ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁too ▁sur real : ▁proposed ▁scenes ▁included ▁g ira ff es ▁we aring ▁gas ▁mask s ▁on ▁fire , ▁and ▁Har po ▁Marx ▁using ▁a ▁but ter fly ▁net ▁to ▁capture ▁" the ▁eigh teen ▁smallest ▁d war fs ▁in ▁the ▁city ". ▁Ser ena ▁Dav ies , ▁writing ▁in ▁the ▁Te legraph , ▁said ▁that ▁Gr ou cho ▁Marx ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁proposed ▁film ▁was ▁not ▁fun ny . ▁ ▁T ate ▁Modern ▁cur ator ▁Matthew ▁G ale ▁has ▁suggested ▁that ▁D ali ▁may ▁have ▁considered ▁an ▁actual ▁production ▁to ▁be ▁beside ▁the ▁point . ▁ ▁For ▁several ▁years , ▁the ▁screen play ▁to ▁G ira ff es ▁was ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁lost . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 1 - 9 2 , ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁the ater ▁collect ive ▁E lev ator ▁Rep air ▁Service ▁produced ▁Marx ▁Brothers ▁on ▁Hor se back ▁Sal ad , ▁combining ▁scenes ▁from ▁an ▁attempted ▁reconst ruction ▁of ▁the ▁screen play ▁( based ▁partially ▁on ▁having ▁" watch ed ▁every ▁Marx ▁Brothers ▁film ▁they ▁could ▁find ") ▁with ▁scenes ▁of ▁Dal í ' s ▁real - life ▁interactions ▁with ▁Har po ▁Marx ▁and ▁Susan ▁F lem ing