Just sworn in as the new college president, wagstaff groucho marx states his position, with bert kalmar and harry rubys im against it, early in horse feathers, 1932. They began their careers in vaudeville, before becoming stars in the movies. Marx brothers password scene horse feathers chico and groucho youtube. Why horse feathers is my favorite marx brothers picture. Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the greatest comedy act in history with the marx brothers silver screen collection. 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 connies apartment, like harpo doing a headstand in connies lap. Ably directed by norman macleod, the screenplay is by s.
Some find the marx brothers to be anarchic comic geniuses, others find them unbearably smug. The supporting cast includes florence rice, kenny baker, margaret dumont, and eve arden. Horse feathers full full movie, horse feathers full full movie streaming horse feathers full movie engsub watch horse feathers full english full movie online horse feathers full film online watch. Hot on the heels of the brothers success on broadway, they finally took the plunge and decided to begin a career in the movies. These were primitive, but had the advantage of keeping your major investment, your horse, warm. Next to the classic duck soup, this is probably their best film. Horse feathers 1932 full movie download full hd youtube.
The film contains groucho marx s rendition of lydia the tattooed lady. He played the role of pinky in both horse feathers. Jul 11, 2018 well, everyone to their own opinion but i think horse feathers is the best marx brothers movie of their career. As you may have seen in my earlier post, several marx brothers movies vie for the spot of my favorite, but if pressed, really pressed, i would concede that my candidate for the top slot is horse feathers. If theres a marx brothers revival coming, it will begin. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. Horse feathers 1932 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Selected bits from horse feathers the marx brothers. While running a hotel in florida, three clowns get caught up in the search for stolen jewels. Horse feathers 19 movie clip im against it 1932 hd youtube. In their second movie for paramount, the marx brothers once again took a successful broadway play to the silver screen. If ever there was an archetypal marx brothers comedy, it was the teams 1932 offering horse feathers. Now in studying your basic metabolism, we first listen to your heart speed. Marx brothers, american comedy team that was popular on stage, screen, and radio for 30 years.
Horse feathers is a classic marx brothers comedy, featuring all four of the original members of the comedy team. Thelma todd does some of her best vamping to help fix the big football game, which harpo and chico are supposed to throw. After chiding pinky harpo for burning the candle at both ends, professor wagstaff chooses to punish a pretty schoolgirl for his transgressions. Groucho marx is cast as professor quincy adams wagstaff, the newest president of huxley college. Horse feathers animal crackers by the marx brothers on. Horse feathers is a 1932 film about quincy adams wagstaff, the new president of huxley university, who hires bumblers baravelli and pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival darwin university. The film also features thelma todd, harry woods and ruth hall. This song was later the title song of a 1996 woody allen movie. It is directed by norman mcleod with screenplay by s. Released october 1st, 1932, horse feathers stars groucho marx, harpo marx, chico marx, zeppo marx the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 10 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic.
In this outing, groucho plays the infamous captain jeffrey spaulding, african explorer, the guest of honour at a long island party accompanied by zeppo as his field secretary, horatio jamison being given by mrs. She also sings a few bars of the jerome kern song, a fine romance in the semibio, til the clouds roll by. As president of huxley college, the funloving professor wagstaff groucho attempts to help his son zeppo finally graduate after 12 years by arranging to buy professional football players for an upcoming big game against rival darwin university. Commentary on horse feathers by film critic fx feeney. The marx brothers movies, tv shows and documentaries on dvd video laserdisc. The marx brothers were a family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on broadway, and in motion pictures from 1905 to 1949. Horse feathers is another film in the classic marx brothers style, this time focused on a university where groucho is brought in as president and must find a way to make the football. Reflecting the time in which the movie was made, african americans are portrayed only as servants. This essential dvd set features the legendary four marx brothers in five of their most acclaimed and best loved films duck soup, horse feathers, monkey business, animal crackers and the cocoanuts the only five movies ever made with all four brothers. While his back is turned, pinky pulls down a screen in front of the anatomical view. Nov 04, 2016 while running a hotel in florida, three clowns get caught up in the search for stolen jewels.
The marx brothers, a day at the races,1937 scene with groucho marx and chico marx chico. Oct 02, 2012 a marx brothers movie wasnt only made up of quickfire jokes. Feel free to send us your trailer requests and we will do our best to hunt it down. Groucho is the corrupt, scheming president of huxley college, who plans to make the. The newly minted president of huxley university, quincy adams wagstaff groucho marx, is getting pressure from his son frank zeppo marx to improve the football squad at the school. Horse feathers is a 1932 precode comedy film starring the marx brothers. Movies horse feathers selected bits from horse feathers. Watch horse feathers online stream full movie directv. Following their successes in the cocoanuts 1929 and animal crackers 1930 filmed at paramounts astoria studio, the comedic team moved to hollywood and paramount studios. Frank thinks his father should recruit two professional ball players so huxley can finally defeat their gridiron rival, darwin. If theres a marx brothers revival coming, it will begin this. Commentary on duck soup by bader and film critic leonard maltin.
Their anarchist style of comedy is unleashed on huxley college, a troubled university with a losing football team that hasnt won a game since the 1880s. Starring groucho marx, harpo marx, chico marx, zeppo marx, thelma. But if parents want to introduce their kids to the brothers unique sense of humor, horse feathers is a good choice. Harpo marx in horse feathers 1932 video dailymotion. Comedy, sport, musical, romance, crime, the marx brothers. During the florida land boom, the marx brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves. Groucho marx is cast as professor quincy adams wagstaff, the newest president of. Horse feathers 1932 official trailer marx brothers movie hd. Marx brothers anarchy that makes up fr plot inconsistencies with infectious. Hes at his most rebellious singing whatever it is, im against it. The marx brothers take on higher education and football in this riotous comedy. Monkey business is a 1931 american precode comedy film.
Apr 29, 2016 if theres a marx brothers revival coming, it will begin this weekend. May 03, 2015 harpo marx in horse feathers 1932 search. Funny movie quotes from horse feathers, starring the marx brothers groucho, chico, harpo, zeppo and thelma todd the marx brothers go to college. Some footage is missing from the horse feathers version available today. With groucho marx, harpo marx, chico marx, zeppo marx. It is the third of the marx brothers released movies, and the first with an original screenplay rather than an adaptation of one of their broadway shows. Perelman and will johnstone, plus songwriters bert kalmer and harry ruby, who also contribute two of the brothers best tunes.
Every first saturday of each month we will be posting a new marx brothers movie, and we are going to be posting every first sunday of the month the 3 stooges from. Harpo marx was one of only two of the marx brothers to play a recurring role in their films not counting when they used their own names. To revive the teams fortunes, groucho hires by mistake a dog catcher and a bartender and the university life will be extremely shaken by these characters. Most of the reasons that you gave for not liking portions of the film are the exact reason why it is one of the best. The marx brothers are at their zany best in this gridiron tale of a newlyelected college president groucho who must produce a winning football team in order to. The big store is best remembered and viewed for the rousing sing while you sell piece about 38 minutes into the movie. And for those of you who have never seen another marx movie, that last paragraph probably reads as gobbledygook. Their mother miene minnie schoenberg professionally known as minnie palmer, later the brothers manager was from dornum in east frisia, and their father samuel sam. Horse feathers is a fine marx brothers film and a very funny comedy. The marx brothers, groucho, chico, harpo and zeppo are a group of actors known for duck soup 1933, animal crackers 1930 horse feathers 1932 a night in casablanca 1946 a day at the races 1937 and a night at the opera 1935.
And it seems to be true that boys find this type of humor more appealing than girls. Horse feathers 1932 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Horse feathers 99 movie clip pinkys fourth quarter. Horse feathers 1932 is the fourth marx brothers film, and arguably their first undiluted classic groucho marx plays the incoming president of huxley college, quincy adams wagstaff, while his son frank zeppo marx divides his time between attending classes and wooing connie bailey thelma todd, the local college widow. Horse feathers, if you do not know, was the frontier term for split boards about two feet long that were nailed on barns in an overlapping fashion like shingles. Actually, their movie careers had a false start several years earlier with a tworeel silent film called humor risk. Funny movie quotes from horse feathers best clean funny. Starring groucho marx, harpo marx, chico marx, zeppo marx, thelma todd, david landau, nat pendleton, james pierce, florine mckinney, theresa harris, frank.
Horse feathers 1932, the fourth comedy masterpiece from the marx brothers, is an anarchic parody of higher education and a subversive attack on authority and society. They are themselves ad hoc, somewhat random with some order, and an effective container. The newly minted president of huxley university, quincy adams wagstaff groucho marx, is getting pressure from his. Horse feathers full movie watch online, stream or download. The cocoanuts animal crackers monkey business horse feathers duck soup 4. As has been pointed out elsewhere, this film produced around 1920 was more risk than humor and it was never.
They were celebrated for their inventive attacks on the socially respectable and upon ordered society in general. If theres a marx brothers revival coming, it will begin this weekend. Kalmar and ruby also wrote some of the original music for the film. The marx brothers were born in new york city, the sons of jewish immigrants from germany and france. The four marx brothers groucho, harpo, chico and zeppo are at the top of their game in the uproarious parody of college life, horse feathers. I guess there is a bluray, now and i havent seen the coconuts, in a long time, but i remember some.
A marx brothers movie wasnt only made up of quickfire jokes. May 28, 2011 if ever there was an archetypal marx brothers comedy, it was the teams 1932 offering horse feathers. It stars the four marx brothers groucho, chico, harpo and zeppo and thelma todd. Check out horse feathers animal crackers by the marx brothers on amazon music. At the circus sometimes called the marx brothers at the circus is a 1939 comedy film starring the marx brothers released by metrogoldwynmayer in which they help save a circus from bankruptcy. The four marx brothers groucho, harpo, chico and zeppo are at the top of.
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