Horse Feathers (1932)

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7.6	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Norman Z. McLeod

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The Marx Brothers

Groucho Marx
Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff

Harpo Marx
Pinky

Chico Marx
Baravelli

Zeppo Marx
Frank Wagstaff

Thelma Todd
Connie Bailey

Bobby Barber
Speakeasy Patron

Reginald Barlow
Retiring College President

Written by

Harry Ruby
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S.J. Perelman
(by) and

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Description: The Marx Brothers parody college life in this gag-filled, fast-paced comedy. The fast-talking new president of Huxley College needs to scrounge up some top-flight ringers for his football team, but ends up with a bootlegger and a mute dog ... Full Descriptioncatcher instead. More laughs than most comedies (and smart laughs, at that), this script, coscripted by satirist SJ Perelman, is humor at its most clever. Nat Pendleton, who plays "McCarthy," was a former Olympic wrestler. The Marx Brothers were apparently unhappy about performing their obligatory harp and piano musical interludes, which they felt slowed down ... (more)

Release date: 19 August 1932
UPC: 014381428926

Tags: Comedy (8), Romance (4), Football (4), Slapstick (3), Kidnapping (3), Sport (3), Satire (2), 1932 (2), Widow (2), 1930s (2), Wedding (2), College (2), School (2), Escape (2), Comedies (1), Marx Brothers (1), Cigar (1), Harp (1), Football Team (1), College Campus (1)

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"This is the shortest Marx Brothers movie, and you can see why: with a super-thin "plot" about Huxley College having to win a football game and minimal time given to the supporting characters, the brothers have nearly the entire movie to themselves. The musical numbers slow down the movie and Harpo's solo on the harp goes on for way too long. Zeppo Marx might not have been as comically gifted as his brothers, he was a far more entertaining "straight man" than all the replacements they used in the"

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"Re-watch - Dec. 10th I wanted to watch something with my daughter, but she looked at the other options and announced she wanted to watch none of them. So I decided to see what she would think of the Marx Brothers, and picked this one to start her off with. She laughed hysterically at most of Harpo's antics, which made me happy. I couldn't tell though how into it she was, though she did occasionally ask me to explain something or repeat a line. She didn't ask me to turn it off though, so I'm pro"