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(aka "Blühender Blödsinn" or "Plumes de cheval" or "I fratelli Marx al college" or "Halløj på universitetet" )

directed by Norman Z. McLeod
USA 1932

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Theatrical Release: 10 August 1932 - USA

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DVD Comparison:

Universal (The Marx Brothers 6 disc - Silver Screen) - Region 1 - NTSC vs. Image Entertainment - Region 1 - NTSC vs. Universal - Region 2,4,5 - PAL

Big thanks to Gregory Meshman and Ole Kofoed for all the Screen Caps!

(Universal (The Marx Brothers 6 disc - Silver Screen) - Region 1 - NTSC LEFT vs. Image Entertainment - Region 1 - NTSC - MIDDLE vs. Universal - Region 2,4,5 - PAL - RIGHT)

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Distribution	Universal Region 1 - NTSC	Image Entertainment Region 1 - NTSC	Universal Region 2,4,5 - PAL
Runtime	1:06:42	1:06:36	1:03:58 (4% PAL speedup)
Video	1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 8.55 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s	1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 8.51 mb/s NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s	1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 8.46 mb/s PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.

Bitrate: Image Entertainment
Bitrate: Universal
Audio	English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono , DUB: Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0 mono	PCM 2.0 mono.	English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono, dubs in French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Subtitles	English, French, Spanish, none	None.	English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Turkish and none.
Features	Release Information: Studio: Universal Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen - 1.33:1 Edition Details: • Theatrical Trailer (1.15 m) • Boxset also includes The Cocoanuts / Animal Crackers / Monkey Business / and Horse Feathers • Contains five films plus a disc of extras and an exclusive book DVD Release Date: November 9, 2004 Digipack (in the Boxset) Chapters 18	Release Information: Studio: Image Entertainment Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen - 1.33:1 Edition Details: DVD Release Date: October 17, 2000 Snapper Chapters 16	Release Information: Studio: Universal Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen - 1.33:1 Edition Details: • Trailer (1:15). DVD Release Date: November 10, 2003 (UK) Keep Case Chapters 20

Comments:

ADDITION: (Silver Screen - May 2005) - Well, the newer Silver Screen edition has less noticeable damage marks, however they are still prevalent. At times it can look slightly less sharp than the Image Entertainment disc, but the grey-scale on the Silver Screen is far superior. I'm still not 100% happy with the DVD representation of this film, but barring a full restoration, this is as good as we will see at present... which is a shame.

Gary Tooze

*****

What bad shape this great comedy is in, especially one reel where there are damage lines running, cigarette burns etc. It seems like both releases are from the same print, but Universal has done a bad job converting it to PAL with lots of ghosting when there is movement in the picture. The Image Entertainment DVD is also a bit sharper and has more nuances in the B/W colors. Don't trade your old for new in this case.

- Ole Kofoed

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(Universal (The Marx Brothers 6 disc - Silver Screen) - Region 1 - NTSC LEFT vs. Image Entertainment - Region 1 - NTSC - MIDDLE vs. Universal - Region 2,4,5 - PAL - RIGHT)