Window Card (14" x 22") ;
Fine+; Artwork by Sam Berman
Paramount, 1932

This window card features a fantastic portrait of the four Marx Brothers: Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo (the brother who would leave the group after appearing in "Duck Soup" the following year). This card is unrestored and shows horizontal creases across the word "Marx," corner creases with a small chip in one corner, occasional stains along the borders, a small edge tear, and some tiny stains and scratches in the upper yellow area. Despite these imperfections, this unrestored card boasts vibrant colors and presents well.

For Marx Brothers aficionados, the five films that they released through Paramount - beginning with "The Cocoanuts" (1929) and ending with "Duck Soup" (1933) - represent their very best work. "Horse Feathers" was the fourth movie of that hallowed quintet, taking place on the grounds of Huxley College, a venerable institution led by the new president, Quincy Adams Wagstaff (Groucho), where an important football game against rival Darwin College is about to be played. Convinced by his son Frank (Zeppo) that the team needs help, Wagstaff decides to recruit several professional players but, due to a mix-up, ends up recruiting iceman and liquor bootlegger Baravelli (Chico) and his friend and fellow iceman (and part-time dog-catcher) Pinky (Harpo) instead. Realizing that the real professionals have been scooped up by Darwin, Wagstaff hires Baravelli and Pinky to kidnap them, leading to a riotous gridiron climax. Throw in Thelma Todd as a sexy vamp trying to steal Huxley's playbook for Darwin, as well as a couple of memorable songs, including "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It," and you have all the makings of a madcap classic. Marx Brothers material, especially from the Paramount features, is always in high demand.