Union Suit Fans in the Limelight:

Marx Brothers' Horse Feathers features Chico in his Union Suit and Harpo in his BVD's. 
       Guest Contributor: L. Jackson Gilbert

1932 Horse Feathers was a very popular Marx Brothers Paramount Pictures' film starring all four Marx Brothers: Groucho, Zeppo, Harpo, and Chico. This movie is still one of my favorites.

Some of the scenes in this movie were based on various antics from the Marx's vaudeville comedy acts. In the early 20^th century “Horse Feathers” was an expression meaning “Nonsense” or more recently “Horse Sh*t.”

Union Suit Fans will appreciate the scenes wherein Chico and Harpo were reduced to their underwear by a couple of football thugs. The boys had been assigned to kidnap two football players so as to make them miss their big game. They had planned to lock them in their hotel room. The table was soon turned and the boys themselves were captured instead. The thugs were much larger and stronger than Chico and Harpo. So, they easily stripped them to their underwear to keep them in a locked hotel room. This scene takes place about 50 minutes or so into the movie:

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When the bruisers told Chico to take off his clothes, he refused so they stripped him of his coat and shirt. Then they told him to take off his pants. He said, "no, I have a date!" The football players then turned him upside down and shook him right out of his pants. He ended up on the floor in his union suit. 

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The ruffians next told Harpo to take off his clothes which he immediately did by himself, revealing that he was wearing BVD's. 

What to do? The boys were left stranded in their underwear!