Horse Feathers (1/9) Movie CLIP - I'm Against It (1932) HD

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Prof. Wagstaff (Groucho Marx ), the new President of Huxley U, addresses the students and states his catch-all policy.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
If ever there was an archetypal Marx Brothers comedy, it was the team's 1932 offering Horse Feathers. Groucho Marx is cast as Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the newest president of Huxley College. As he delivers his introductory speech before the assembled student body ("As I look out among your smiling, eager faces, I can readily understand why this college is flat on its back"), he maps out his plans for the future by singing those deathless hits Whatever It Is, I'm Against It and I Always Get My Man. He then has a powwow with his son Frank (Zeppo Marx), who has been a Huxley student for 12 years. Frank tells his old man that Huxley has had a new president every year since 1888, the year the college won its last football game. The only way to save the establishment is to hire a couple of good football players, Mullen and McHardie (Jim Pierce and Nat Pendleton), who hang out at the local speakeasy. With his usual efficiency, Professor Wagstaff signs up the wrong men for the Huxley team: Baravelli (Chico Marx), the ice man/bootlegger, and Pinky (Harpo Marx) the dog catcher. Meanwhile, gambler Jennings (David Landau), who has all his money bet on Darwin College in the upcoming Thanksgiving Day football game, instructs his girlfriend Connie Bailey (Thelma Todd), the college widow, to get her hands on Huxley's secret football signals. This leads to a frenetic four-way courtship in Connie's apartment, as Wagstaff, Baravelli, Pinky and Frank duck in and out of doors and windows to romance the heroine. Later on, Baravelli and Pinky try to kidnap Mullen and McHardie to keep them out of the Big Game, only to end up kidnapped themselves. Miraculously, all four of our heroes show up at the Huxley-Darwin game in time, achieving victory through some of the most creative cheating in gridiron history. Written by such renowned wits as S. J. Perelman, Will B. Johnstone, Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, Horse Feathers is a comedy smorgasbord, offering generous doses of all four Marx Brothers performing some of their best-ever material. Who could not love a film in which, just before Chico Marx launches into his obligatory piano solo, Groucho saunters up to the camera and growls "I've got to stay here, but that's no reason why you folks can't go into the lobby until this thing blows over"? In addition, this is the film that introduced the semi-satirical romantic ballad Everyone Says I Love You, which was used over six decades later as the title of a Woody Allen picture. Unfortunately, current prints of Horse Feathers are incomplete, with nearly five minutes of comedy material missing; the search goes on for a pristine, uncut negative.
CREDITS:
TM & © Universal (1932)
Cast: Groucho Marx, Zeppo Marx
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Producer: Herman J. Mankiewicz
Screenwriters: Bert Kalmar, Will B. Johnstone, S.J. Perelman, Harry Ruby, Arthur Sheekman
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[@williamnancarrow2584]

As a longtime academic, let me tell you Horsefeathers is the best take on college life and politics ever!

[@the_marjorie]

As an academic librarian formerly at a football club with a college attached that got swallowed by an actual college, I quite agree.

[@badassbillyb]

And it was made almost 100 years ago

[@charliejdk]

Agree! I teach at a Big Ten school. I have these lyrics posted on my office door. Sad to say, a colleague asked me “what’s that?” And we’re an American history & culture-heavy department. Sigh.

[@JohnQ5]

​@@badassbillybGreat works of art stand the test of time.

[@twicethechamps]

Much of what it hits on is still true today in college football, or college athletics in general.

[@macgarnagal]

Love this song so much. My daughter died in 2018 and this was her favorite movie. I miss her so much. Whenever I hear it, I think of her❤❤❤❤

[@stephengardner5834]

Sorry to hear. She obviously had excellent taste in movies and humour. Wishing you well. X

[@cindyb8504]

May she rest in peace with those funny Marx Bros!

[@Vincek88]

Horse Feathers was my first exposure to the Marx Bros. and I was a massive fan by the end of this song. I love how these guys cheerfully applaud Groucho's contempt for them!

[@Rayomoonshine]

My favorite was the guy who was reading his book through the whole song

[@mishkalulu]

11

[@jolinkarlsson8569]

Mine was a night at Casablanca it was on tv my mom tried to turn it off i stopped her luckly i did it

[@AceripXF]

mine was Monkey Business

[@Jeff-gj7ko]

It's an honor to be insulted by the Great Groucho.

[@parzooman]

There are two kinds of people: Those who like the Marx Brother and people who live humorless lives.

[@sandycastles7105]

Whichever you choose, I'm against it :\

[@benmaurer8055]

I'm against it!!!

[@Cursed_Mark]

There are three kinds of people: Those who like the Marx Bros, and those who can't count.

[@theusher2893]

There are two kinds of people: those who like the Marx Brothers, and those who haven't yet seen them.

[@harryjames-zf2xk]

I couldn't agree more.

[@mosesberkowitz3298]

If you can look past the funny dances and lyrics, there’s some insanely creative music here. Using a full symphony orchestra in a screwy song like this is truly a work of mad genius.

[@jamespfitz]

Or a powerful union

[@benmaurer8055]

Yes frank zappaesque

[@jamesblake23]

The glory of 1930's Paramount!

[@daviddear7817]

Please don't look past the funny dances and lyrics because this is fantastic satire please don't look

[@daviddear7817]

Please don't look past the funny dances and lyrics because this is extremely good satire

[@saxoungrammaticus9132]

I like that guy who just keeps reading

[@russellcampbell9198]

Groucho's dancing was always a hoot.

[@thomasholland7981]

I've tried and tried to imitate it but my knees simply won't go in that / those directions.

[@timmancillas8326]

I absolutely love Zeppo’s vocal

[@markdaniele4539]

I wish I could clean my memory of all Marx Brothers movies so I can enjoy them all over again since I know every line.

[@firstnamelastname3574]

I have the same ability of remembwrong when it comes to the movie "MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL" and "BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD DO AMERICA"

[@AceripXF]

@@firstnamelastname3574 me too but w diff movies lol

[@elkabong6429]

I never forget a face, but in your case, I’ll make an exception!

[@charlytaylor1748]

If you want to learn another film line by line I recommend Withnail and I

[@66kprdwd]

My favorite Marx Brothers movie.

[@barrythomas615]

Mine too!

[@HippoInABottle]

Favourite? Such a difficult choice!

[@mehermusic2154]

Mine is A Night At The Opera. but Horsefeathers is definitely #2 !

[@AHouseDivided1998]

Horse Feathers > Duck Soup!

[@firstnamelastname3574]

For me, it was the movie where they were stow-aways on a ship! ELKE BRIGGS: "I'M WISE! I'M WISE!" GROUCHO: " YOU'RE WISE, HEY? THEN WHAT'S THE CAPITOL OF NEBRASKA? WHAT'S THE CAPITAL OF THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK? GIVE UP? LET'S TRY YOU ON AN EASY ONE: HOW MANY FRENCHMEN CAN'T BE WRONG?" ELKE: "WELL I..." GROUCHO: "YOU WERE WARM, BUT SO WAS SHE"(MOTIONS TO CLOSET WHERE ELKES WIFE IS HIDING)". AND WITH A LITTLE STUDY YOU'LL GO A LONG WAY! AND I WISH YOU'D START NOW! "

[@Skyler36]

I didn't know my favorite Marx Bros. movie had an Obstructionist, lol! There are so many terrific scenes. Classic Movie, 5 Stars!

[@coreywiley3981]

They ended it before he screeches really high note! That's the cherry on top of the sundae!

[@philiphalpenny9761]

Julius Henry Marx's 130th birthday today...

[@applepie1272]

Dang

[@bernardbrenner9240]

No wonder he's dead.

[@philiphalpenny9761]

@@bernardbrenner9240 ' I bet he is only using that as an excuse'!

[@CaptainCretaceous91]

This was my very first Marx Brothers movie. And this is probably my favorite song of theirs. So much so that I quote it whenever I don't like something.

[@CaptainBeefheart90]

these men had real talent, they put things in films you will never see modern film

[@Baci302]

They were the products of Vaudeville, which doesn't exist anymore. What a great time though, eh?

[@Rayomoonshine]

Thes were in the pre-Code days before the censoring really took off. They got away with a lot!

[@firstnamelastname3574]

ONE OF THE things that blew me away, and I don't remember which movie it's in, is when HARPO is working magic on the harp AND HE THUMBS HIS NOSE AT THE CAMERA WHILE PLAYING!!! I was naive, and had to ask my mom what that meant!

[@applepie1272]

Yeah because this is 1930s bruv

[@Jackieis60]

I was watching this movie and am so pleased to find someone on KZbin who appreciates true art. Am sharing this clip on Facebook.

[@littleripper312]

His brother playing his son lmao

[@SuperWolsey]

"Hello, old timer!"

[@AceripXF]

Zeppos younger than Groucho

[@AceripXF]

@@SuperWolsey would u mind standing up so i can see the son rise

[@bernardbrenner9240]

Zeppo was 11 years younger than Groucho, but not young enough to be his son.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

To be fair, Zeppo does look like he got to the age of 16 and then stopped ageing.

[@ciarankelly6223]

Groucho absolutley nailed the best dance move ever at the 1,52 mark...better than anything Michael Jackson ever came up with

[@BettyJoBialofski]

Comic, yes. Michael Jackson, or Gene Kelly, not so much.

[@deepdrag8131]

I love Groucho’s moves.

[@deloreanfan81]

"I think you know what the trustees can do with their suggestions"

[@leafyutube]

Horse Feathers is one of my all time favorites.

[@lagunaflyguy]

Best Groucho song ever!

[@Munchausen45]

I got to see this at the UC Berkley film archive on film!!! So good!

[@kayleighbaker2015]

I've had this song on my iPod since 2007. It's real nice to see why all those funny sounds were there.

[@evantorch]

Imagine--these guys had already reached their forties by 1931!

[@philiphalpenny9761]

The aging process? I'm against it!

[@jamesroales2684]

You gotta reach your forties sometime!

[@SpeckyBecky27]

You wouldn't think it though!

[@Ryan-on5on]

Except Zeppo, the baby of the family. He was a mere "kid" of 31 when Horse Feathers was shot.

[@AceripXF]

@@philiphalpenny9761 n i kept yelling since i foist commenced it im against it!

[@RodgerRamjet]

Marx Bros-- hilarity with double entendres every other line,, even double entendres about double entendres.. masters of using the language for "Suggestive comedy" when you had to be very careful of your spoken word. still hilarious to this day. Groucho was a truly gifted comedian, and a very physical one, not quite, but in the vein of Buster keaton.. still relish this and other greats they made..( day at the races comes to mind ).

[@coasternerd6978]

The perspective the world needs.

[@craigforester4332]

Like Shakesphere said to Nathan Hale I always get my man!

[@nathanbarger3449]

Groucho was a true comic genius.

[@TheNuisanceBird]

1:58 - 2:02 Those moves though

[@victoriaodegaard1]

TheNuisanceBird I can do that. I’m skilled in the art of that particular move

[@DantheToonMan]

The music in the background reminds me of the Warner’s chase theme from Animaniacs.

[@DehnusNorder]

@@victoriaodegaard1 And only THAT move! :P

[@carissamace]

Daniel Acosta this was the Warner brother movie.

[@AceripXF]

he was quite limber in the days lol

[@SalAvenueNJ]

This was all done live on the set. The orchestra is there. Listen it sounds live.

[@laura20022004]

it's so funny to see groucho dance

[@TheNuisanceBird]

+laura20022004 1:58-2:02. Dem moves.

[@AceripXF]

@@TheNuisanceBird i like when he twirls around it circles during captain spalding

[@mattdepinto7959]

Their comedy was so subversive and genius.

[@keikorono3079]

"You're tellin me!?"

[@whipsnade13]

"I always get my Maa..." [CUTS OFF]. Argh, play it til the end!

[@premanadi]

Yes! The best part is when his voice rises to a scream right at the end of the song.

[@MrRabbit772]

but now he didn't get his man he got his ma. whatever his mother was up too couldn't of been up to no good.

[@AceripXF]

@@premanadi lol

[@AceripXF]

@@MrRabbit772 OMG THAT MADE ME LMAOOOO😂😂

[@edw.1411]

Ahh! From the era when comedy was still alive!

[@WSenator1]

If I had my own show, the song that starts at 1:31 would be my theme.

[@jantyszka1036]

Over 90 years old and still brilliant. A political commentator says the "I'm Against It!" song should be the new theme for the Republicans.

[@meb4224]

Official theme song of the United States government.

[@scottsteele427]

More like mitch mcconell

[@kayodephillips5435]

@@scottsteele427 amen to that

[@laurelhardy8886]

The right and left when talking

[@jamessheridan4306]

I love to fantasize about what talents like these would make of our predicament today.

[@CaptainCretaceous91]

They wouldn't just have a field day. They'd have a field YEAR. Maybe more.

[@agramsci]

Again, Zeppo. You beauty. Scores a goal and just sits down. Feckin aces, him.

[@robertchesnosky3508]

THE MAN WAS A GENIUS. ITS AMAZING THAT THE MARX FAMILY PRODUCED 4 BROTHERS ( MINUS GUMMO WHO NEVER APPEARED IN THE FILMS) WHO ALTERED THE COURSE OF 20TH CENTURY CULTURE. JUST INCREDIBLE.

[@JAMES-dv5ns]

Hahah I will forever think of this song my first week of college literature class my professor showed us this movie… I always laugh about this clip to this day w my buddy whom was in that class with me

[@subooking]

Imagine if your graduation is like that

[@MadTomOfBedlam]

this is like congress' theme song or something

[@JjandCj8049]

MadTomOfBedlam that’s the house, and Pelosi.

[@65jaypee]

@@JjandCj8049 Except that your president and his sycophants are mentally ill. And dangerous.

[@JjandCj8049]

JayPee Vee , The only psychopath would be you, check your spelling.

[@NJtoTX]

@@JjandCj8049 - No, that's the Senate and McConnell. Bipartisan bills just die on his desk.

[@mehermusic2154]

@@NJtoTX CORRECT

[@moatrboat]

it cut off at the best part :/ the ending falsetto note gives me life

[@alyh3721]

He completely committed to the bit 😂

[@michaeltury945]

My all time marx brothers movie

[@cstrongman]

"For months before my son was born, I used to yell from night till morn, Whatever it is, I'm against it!" Wait what

[@daviddoyle8956]

Back in 1995 my room mate introduced me to them. Loved them ever since. Grocho is my Favorite Harpo would be second Chico is okay to bad he gambled his wealth way. Next I have to get the box set.

[@vksasdgaming9472]

If I remember right other brothers resorted to locking him out of his all money and giving him allowance from it so he wouldn't lose all of it. He also seemed to know his problem as he quipped about his losses in style of "look how much Groucho has and how much I have".

[@username178able]

So funny! I never grow tired of this- saw many Marx Bros movies when I lived in Boston. This is SO appropriate in today's PC world!!

[@jayvee1947]

Chico gets to guard the speakeasy door. Password is swordfish. Groucho knocks. Chico: What's the password? I give you a hint. It's the name of a fish. Groucho: Mary. Chico: That's a no fish. Groucho: No but she drinks like one.

[@thekratomchannel]

One of the all time greatest.

[@donlarsen1956]

COMEDY GENIUS!!!

[@BazookaJRambo]

Why'd you cut off the end of the song? The final high note is hilarious!

[@NINacide]

I want to coin a term. Wagstaffian Politics: To be automatically and unthinkingly contrary to a political belief.

[@shadowkitty56]

Feel sorry for Zeppo. He had the best voice of his brothers and was the best looking. Rumor had it that he was the funniest. Back then they weren't smart enough to combine good looks with comedy, so poor cutie pie had to take a backseat to his brothers. Poor Zeppo!

[@stephenpowers51]

Er, no. Good voice, good looking; thus, entirely NOT a Marx brother in their filmic career. Good on stage quite possibly. Rumour (with the proper extra u) has it he was just not up to being another goofy, possiby brilliant comedian, bit too in love with himself. Poor cutie seems about right. All hail the Groucho, the Chico and the Harpo. And whatever you say, I'm against it. "On general principles". XX

[@laserbird28]

Once when Groucho was sick, Zeppo took his place on stage in his role and no one could tell the difference.

[@barrythomas615]

I'm with you! I think the best of the Marx Brothers films were with Zeppo (one can argue, with good reasons that "A Night at the Opera" - without Zeppo - was their best film). Even great comedians seem to need some kind of straight man, and Zeppo was the best straight man they ever had. He was all you said - good voice, good looks - but he was off just enough to not be taken seriously as a regular straight man. Notice that after he left the act, they had to have other "Zeppos" to take his place - none was as good as Z.

[@jonathanpearl6615]

Zeppo became a talent agent and inventor, but Groucho and Harpo wound up partially supporting both Zeppo and Chico.

[@CraigDavis_14]

@@laserbird28 they used to swap out for each other all the time in vaudeville

[@DehnusNorder]

You know it's an old movie, when even the students look like they are 50 :P.

[@DehnusNorder]

@@johnnyelizabethton I was tired and then I spell phonetically. But hey, you do you. I bet you don't do this in RL to people all the time ;). If you do, then goodluck and keep at it :P.

[@SynchroScore]

"Senator McConnell, would you please stop singing."

[@cyansquare7930]

Me: gives a good argument My mother:

[@dannotarbartolo8830]

I just used this song to make a point about leadership in my masters class😂

[@ChihuahuaXxX]

So that’s where MC Hammer got his moves from !

[@thflinch]

They cut off the best part of the song! Groucho jumps another octave and hits the final note in a falsetto voice, badly.

[@AceripXF]

attsa funny my last pupil had a false set of teeth!

[@thflinch]

@@AceripXF GM: That's my argument, restrict immigration.

[@AceripXF]

@@thflinch do u know u sneaked into my room at 3 am who? no 1! n thats my complaint 😂

[@OAKIE9531]

i love Groucho and Chico and Harpo and even Zepppo

[@rehobothwell]

Like Shakespeare said to Nathan Hale.... Only in the Marx Brothers Universe.

[@danhermon4922]

Michael Lee I been watching that movie 40 years and never heard anybody else remark on that line.

[@AceripXF]

@@danhermon4922 whos nathan hale

[@daviddear7817]

Whoever criticises Groucho Marx I'm against them

[@zachturner1773]

The older I get the more this song speaks to me.

[@blackturbine]

This is flat out fire

[@jamespfitz]

This always put me in mind of an Orthodox Jewish wedding.

[@mattholsen7060]

Wonderful stuff. 1932 was well into the Jazz Age, but this seems closer to Gilbert & Sullivan (whose last show opened only 36 years earlier).

[@SpielinWhelan]

I think you hit the nail on the head;it's very like an Arthur Sullivan composition

[@theballcat]

My boss tells me this message in one form or another almost everyday.

[@bbqeatinbuckeye]

Gosharootie! What can't college always be like this?

[@macyl.641]

WARNING: people have made this video comment section a place of political arguments. Because why not ruin an amazing piece of comedy because you have nothing else to do except argue online?

[@mosesberkowitz3298]

Don’t react

[@lukethekuya]

Yes. Just random stupid people.

[@mehermusic2154]

I'm against it

[@AceripXF]

@@mehermusic2154 whatever it is im against it (too lol)

[@LarzGustafsson]

Fantastic!

[@drmodestoesq]

Continuity error: Groucho kicks the book off the desk and it reappears in subsequent shots.

[@stevenrichards3699]

HEY LOOK ! It's Chuck Schumer !

[@richardspeed7135]

Brilliant

[@danielfloyd1442]

GROUCHO for President 2024!!!😂😂😂

[@Sh3ikha]

WHY! YOU CUT OFF HIS SCREAM AT THE END OF THE SONG!

[@mehermusic2154]

Yeah, right? Instead they show as ads. A**holes.

[@JohnSmith-qn3ob]

The idiots at movie clips always cut it at the wrong time

[@Prousto]

A moment of absolute sublimity. We’ll never see the likes of Groucho again.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Faculty Members, Members of the Faculty, Students of Huxley and Huxley Students. I think that covers everyone...

[@mariovaccarella6854]

Groucho could carry a tune. He needed to teach Zeppo how to sing, so, they wouldn't have had to dub his voice (the last time Zeppo Spoke Sang was as Maurice Chevalier in the Monkey Business Scene). LOL

[@PRmoustache88]

Thank you. Peace to you.

[@Mikado8848]

Ended too soon.

[@samariamccord4302]

Really wish American politicians hadn't taken this seriously

[@railroadstud]

I watched this on svengoolie show, and I loved this movie since

[@MarkMiller-i8q]

Who are the extras, the "college students" in the audience? One is Zippo Marx who plays Groucho's son here. Maybe not the funniest Marx brother, but what a voice!

[@vksasdgaming9472]

Reportedly Zeppo could be EVEN WITTIER than Groucho and could subsitute for all three. He was great straight man as well.

[@PRmoustache88]

Funny, I feel like singing this song to all of Congress, and the President.

[@MrZenigata73]

I wanna go to this University!!!

[@AceripXF]

my name is huxley im from wagstaff college that doesnt mean much to me me either let me try that again my name is wagstaff im from huxley college u didnt stay at the other college very long

[@robertforsythe3280]

Things don't Change they just stay the same way.

[@RabbiHerschel]

This is my political ideology.

[@mj4ever1332]

I love that these videos are on KZbin, but why do they always cut off at the last few seconds of it? He didn't even finish the song. And they cut off the ending of the Duck Soup seen! With the lanterns! How dare they

[@darrellminx5459]

Never another Groucho. And still applies today 🎉

[@albertlluisvila1251]

Groucho Marx. A Master ❤💕🥸🙂

[@skipkendall9581]

A Great Harry Ruby Song

[@kimmathis1945]

Now I get where the Ramones took the inspiration from for their song…

[@peterdavies2960]

Sounds like Gilbert & Sullivan mixed up with The Wizard of Oz 😂

[@firetopman]

Zany perfection.

[@関口祐一-j8g]

Excellent

[@adamfindlay7091]

all politics is bullsh*t. This however's genius.

[@kare2much]

This ain't about politics though, he's a college president in this

[@joseortiz3582]

One of the professors surrounding Groucho, with a huge beard, appeared in one of the Three Stooges shorts playing a Turkey minister with a water pipe or hookah, with Curly [parodying Hitler]😝🤑🤗