--- title: 'Horse Feathers (1932)' type: 'film' director: 'Norman Z. McLeod' released: '1932-01-01' runtime_minutes: 64 genres: - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/horse-feathers-1932' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023027/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Horse Feathers (1932) 1932 · 64 min · Comedy · United States ## Synopsis Horse Feathers is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring the Marx Brothers. It stars the Four Marx Brothers, Thelma Todd and David Landau. It was written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, S. J. Perelman, and Will B. Johnstone. Kalmar and Ruby also wrote the original songs for the film. Several of the film's gags were taken from the Marx Brothers' stage comedy from the 1900s, Fun in Hi Skule. The term horse feathers is U.S. slang for "nonsense, rubbish, balderdash," attributed originally to Billy DeBeck. As a work published in 1932 and renewed within 28 years, it will enter the public domain on January 1, 2028. ## Credits - **Director:** [Norman Z. McLeod](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-z-mcleod) - **Screenplay:** [Harry Ruby](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-ruby), [Bert Kalmar](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-kalmar) - **Original Music Composer:** [Harry Ruby](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-ruby) - **Producer:** [Herman J. Mankiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/herman-j-mankiewicz) - **Director of Photography:** [Ray June](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-june) ## Cast - [Groucho Marx](https://cinepixo.com/people/groucho-marx) - [Zeppo Marx](https://cinepixo.com/people/zeppo-marx) - [David Landau](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-landau) - [Harpo Marx](https://cinepixo.com/people/harpo-marx) - [Reginald Barlow](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-barlow) - [Chico Marx](https://cinepixo.com/people/chico-marx) - [Theresa Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/theresa-harris) - [Robert Greig](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-greig) - [Thelma Todd](https://cinepixo.com/people/thelma-todd) - [Nat Pendleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/nat-pendleton) - [James Pierce](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-pierce) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/horse-feathers-1932 Film facts: Wikidata (Q887192); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.