Fresh
The madcap Marxes, in one of their maddest screen frolics.
Variety Staff, Variety
Horse Feathers
The Maddest Comics of the Screen!
1932 · 1h 8m · Passed
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Norman Z. McLeod
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Horse Feathers
Overview
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.
Director and cast
- Norman Z. McLeod Director
- Groucho Marx as Prof. Quincy Adams Wagstaff
- Harpo Marx as Pinky
- Chico Marx as Baravelli
- Zeppo Marx as Frank Wagstaff
- Thelma Todd as Connie Bailey
- David Landau as Jennings
- Bobby Barber as Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
- Reginald Barlow as Retiring Collage President (uncredited)
- Vince Barnett Cast
- Sheila Bromley Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Some of the fun is even more reprehensible than the doings of these clowns in previous films, but there is no denying that their antics and their patter are helped along by originality and ready wit.
Mordaunt Hall, New York Times
Fresh
This 1932 release was the first Marx film to take on the Depression, and the brothers manage to satirize everything from education to prostitution and bootlegging.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Fresh
The Brothers have never been so chaotic or so aggressively funny.
Time Out
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