Horse Feathers (1932) on Netflix
Passed19321h 8mComedyFamilyMusical
Quincy Adams Wagstaff takes over as president of Huxley College. His son Frank wants professional football players to beat rival Darwin, but Wagstaff mistakenly hires Baravelli and Pinky.
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Quincy Adams Wagstaff becomes the new president of Huxley College. His son Frank is a student there and urges him to recruit professional football players so Huxley can beat its rival, Darwin. Wagstaff's attitude toward education is cavalier. Baravelli hauls ice and bootleg liquor for a speakeasy in town, and Pinky hauls ice as well while working part time as a dogcatcher. Because of misunderstandings, the two are signed for Huxley's team instead of the professionals.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Horse Feathers (1932)
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- Chico Marx shattered a knee and broke multiple ribs in a car accident during production, delaying filming by more than two months. He was seated in most of his scenes, and a body double, several inches taller than his brothers, was used in some football scenes, notably the horse-drawn garbage wagon chase.
- In the speakeasy scene, Pinky (Harpo Marx) chops a deck of cards in half with a hatchet from his trenchcoat, a gag recycled from the Marx Brothers' first Broadway show, I'll Say She Is (1924). Bugs Bunny later repeated it in Bugs Bunny Rides Again (1948), as did Curly Howard against Moe Howard in The Three Stooges' Ants in the Pantry (1936).
- The song "Everyone Says I Love You", by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, later became the title song of a 1996 Woody Allen movie.
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