Horse Feathers (1932)
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Reviews Counted:17
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Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.1/10
Synopsis: 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... 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 catcher instead. More laughs than most comedies (and smart laughs, at that), this script, coscripted by satirist SJ Perelman, is humor at its most clever. [More]
Starring: Marx Brothers, Thelma Todd, David Landau, Robert Greig
Starring: Marx Brothers, Thelma Todd, David Landau, Robert Greig, Florine McKinney, Nat Pendleton, Reginald Barlow
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Screenwriter: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, S. J. Perelman, William B. Johnstone
Producer: Herman J. Mankiewicz
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Funny Marx Bros classic, featuring four brothers on a tear at college.
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Under the loose but capable direction of Norman Z. McLeod, the Marxes leap from one lunatic set piece to the next. Wagstaff talks over, below and around everyone he meets. Full Review |
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...[there's an] overall feeling of pointlessness at work here. Full Review |
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Witty, funny and great.
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An anarchic parody of college life. Full Review |
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The grandfather in spirit and fact of both Tex Avery and Billy Wilder. Full Review |
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Swordfish! "Everyone Says I Love You!" One of the funniest of the early Marx films; a crazy quilt of puns and gags.
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An anarchic, riotous triumph of the comic imagination. Full Review |
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Probably the Marx Brothers' second best film
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