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Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff (Groucho Marx) takes over as the president of Huxley College in order to help his son Frank (Zeppo Marx) graduate. Wagstaff's inaugural speech is incoherent, and at one point, he bursts into song, after calling attention to Frank, who is sitting among the student...

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Corporate Author: Marx Brothers.
Other Authors: Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977, (cast.), McLeod, Norman, 1895-1964. (direction.), Todd, Thelma, 1905-1935, (cast.), Perelman, S. J. 1904-1979, (writing.), Parker, John, 1938 -, Ruby, Harry, (music.), Kalmar, Bert, 1884-1947, (music.), Landau, David, 1879-1935, (cast.)
Format: Slide
Language:English
Published: United States: Paramount Publix Corp, 1932.
Subjects:
Occidental College.
Football > Drama.
College sports > Drama.
Students in art.
Bars (Drinking establishments) > Drama.
Prohibition > Drama.
Education in art.
Romance films.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
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Summary:Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff (Groucho Marx) takes over as the president of Huxley College in order to help his son Frank (Zeppo Marx) graduate. Wagstaff's inaugural speech is incoherent, and at one point, he bursts into song, after calling attention to Frank, who is sitting among the students with a girl on his lap. After his speech, Wagstaff admonishes his son for dating only one college 'widow' in twelve years, (Frank has been enrolled at Huxley for twelve years). Frank then tells his father that Huxley has had a new college president every year since 1888, which is also the last year the school won a football game. Frank insists that the college needs a good football team to beat the opposing team from Darwin University, and informs his father that he can purchase two football players at a local speakeasy. From there the plot and ensuing escapades spiral forward. One of the Marx Brothers best films, this romp takes the Marx brothers into the green pastures of academia, where they simultaneously satirize, sports, education and the great depression. Many of the script's gag's are taken straight from vaudeville.
Item Description:Harvard Film Archive projection print in acceptable condition, HFA Item no: 8475 from the Walter Kerr Collection.
Originally distributed by Paramount Publix Corp.
Physical Description:[ca. 67 minutes, 2,448 feet]: aspect ratio 1.37:1, sd., b&w; 16 mm viewing print.
Production Credits:Assistant director, Charles Barton; photography, Ray June; camera operators, Fred Mayer, Daniel Fapp, and William James Knott; assistant camera, Neal Beckner, George Bourne, and Francis Burgess; sound, Eugene Merritt; still photography, Gordon Head; music, Harry Ruby.

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