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| The Marx Brothers | ... | (as The Four Marx Brothers) | |
| Groucho Marx | ... | Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff | |
| Harpo Marx | ... | Pinky | |
| Chico Marx | ... | Baravelli | |
| Zeppo Marx | ... | Frank Wagstaff | |
| Thelma Todd | ... | Connie Bailey | |
| David Landau | ... | Jennings | |
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Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff has just been installed as the new president of Huxley College. His cavalier attitude toward education is not reserved for his son Frank, who is seeing the college widow, Connie Bailey. Frank influences Wagstaff to recruit two football players who hang out in a speakeasy, in order to beat rival school Darwin. Unfortunately, Wagstaff mistakenly hires the misfits Baravelli and Pinky. Finding out that Darwin has beaten him to the "real" players, Wagstaff enlists Baravelli and Pinky to kidnap them, which leads to an anarchic football finale. Written by Rick Gregory <rag.apa@email.apa.org>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
19 August 1932 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Die Marx Brothers in der Uni See more »Filming Locations:
Occidental College -1600 Campus Road, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Professor Wagstaff: Can you notice it from there? I'm always that way after I eat radishes.
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Some of the fictional 'Huxley College' scenes were filmed at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. See more »Goofs
The audio commentary over the first quarter of the football game refers to Darwin's fourth touchdown but the score at the end of the first quarter is 12-0. The score for a touchdown is 6 points, as we see when Huxley score their first. See more »Quotes
Connie: Oh, Professor, you're full of whimsy.Professor Wagstaff: Can you notice it from there? I'm always that way after I eat radishes.
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Oh come on! You know the Marx brothers! Groucho, with his cigar, says something that sounds serious, but then makes it into a joke; Chico, with his Italian accent, mangles certain phrases, among other things; Harpo doesn't speak but (literally) has all sorts of tricks up his sleeve; Zeppo actually is serious...to an extent. In this case, Quincy Wagstaff (Groucho) becomes dean of Huxley College and hopes to defeat rival college Darwin in a football game. He hires two goof-balls, Baravelli (Chico) and Pinky (Harpo), while the other college gets the real players.
The truth is that you don't even have to understand the plot to have a good time. The movie is all about the Marx brothers' anarchic humor, particularly when Harpo causes a traffic jam and then plays a trick on a cop. The football game at the end is not like any game that you've ever seen. You're sure to love the whole movie. And just remember: swordfish.