It also reached $200 million and $300 million in grosses faster than any film in history (8 and 16 days respectively).When the trio of chimpanzees argued amongst themselves over Zira""s ""talking"" incident, the agitated gorilla in the adjoining cage rose up, and as Milo asked: "Use your heads and start thinking.Suddenly, Madge entered the store and seductively asked Marvin to provide a light for her cigarette, as his family members looked on.]The Issue of the Education of Tenant-Farmer""s Son Marvin Blake:Marvin Blake (Richard Barthelmess), the son of over-worked, poverty-stricken tenant-farmer father Tom Blake (David Landau) and Lilly (Dorothy Peterson), was interested in bettering himself, rather han following in his father""s footsteps as a tenant farmer in the rural town of Jonesville.