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Horse Feathers
Available on DVD:
Horse Feathers (1932)
- DVD, Region 1: Universal, 2004 / included in the "Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection" (see below)
Groucho stars as Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff in this attack on American education. This one contains many great routines, including Groucho's speech to the faculty and students "I'm against it", The password sketch (see below), and the completely insane football game. (J. Bradley Main)
BARAVELLI: Hey, what'sa matter? You no understand English? You can't come in here unless you say "swordfish". Now, I give you one more guess.
Some footage is missing from the "Horse Feathers"-version available today. Removed was a scene of Harpo catching different sizes of dogs with different sizes of fire hydrants and also some various small moments from the scene in Connie's apartment, like Harpo doing a headstand in Connie's lap. The cuts may have been done as an act of censorship and/or for showing on TV.
Related Links
Sounds
- "I Always Get My Man" at http://members.tripod.com/Cleo256/marx
- Selected bits
Quotes
Cast:
| Groucho Marx | Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff | ||
| Harpo Marx | Pinky | ||
| Chico Marx | Barovelli | ||
| Zeppo Marx | Frank Wagstaff | ||
| Thelma Todd | Connie Bailey, college widow | ||
| David Landau | Jennings | ||
| Robert Creig | Biology Professor | ||
| James Pierce | Mullen | ||
| Nat Pendleton | MacHardie | ||
| Reginald Barlow | Retiring President | ||
| E.H. Calvert | Professor in Wagstaff's Study | ||
| Edward Le Saint | Professor in Wagstaff's Study | ||
| Edgar Dearing | Bartender | ||
| Syd Saylor | Man at Bar | ||
| Florine McKinney | Peggy Carrington | ||
| Theresa Harris | Laura, Connie's maid |
| Director | Norman Z. McLeod | ||
| Written by | Will B. Johnstone | ||
| Bert Kalmar | |||
| S.J. Perelman | |||
| Harry Ruby | |||
| Music & Lyrics | Bert Kalmar | ||
| Harry Ruby | |||
| Cinematography | Ray June | ||
| Dance director | Harold Hecht | ||
| Producer | Herman J. Mankiewicz (uncredited) | ||
| Production company / Distribution | Paramount Publix (A Paramount Picture) | ||
| Runtime | 68 min. | ||
| New York premiere | 10 Aug 1932 | ||
| Release date | 31 Aug 1932 | ||
| Spanish title | Plumas de caballo | ||
| French title | Plumes de cheval | ||
| German title | Blühender Blödsinn | ||
| Italian title | I fratelli Marx al college | ||
| Cavalli di razza | |||
| Finnish title | Hevosen sulat | ||
| Extracts published on Super 8 titled | Pigskin Caper |
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