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| Title: | Animal Crackers |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Directed by: | Victor Heerman |
| Written by: | Morrie Ryskind; George S. Kaufman; Bert Kalmar; Harry Ruby |
| Cinematography: | George Folsey |
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| Distributed by: | Paramount Pictures |
| Released: | August 28th, 1930 |
| Rating: | Approved |
| Running time: | 97 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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Animal Crackers is an American feature film of the comedy genre, starring the Marx Brothers. The film was directed by Victor Heerman with a script written by Morrie Ryskind. It is based on the musical play of the same name by Ryskind, George S. Kaufman, Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby.
Plot[]
Noted safari hunter Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding, having only recently returned from Africa, attends a high society function at the estate of Mrs. Rittenhouse. Through the course of events, a valuable painting is stolen. Hilarity ensues.
Cast[]
Appearances[]
Characters
- Geoffrey T. Spaulding
- Emanuel Ravelli
- Professor, The
- Arabella Rittenhouse
- Mrs. Rittenhouse
- Roscoe W. Chandler/Abe Cabibble
- John Parker
- Mrs. Whitehead
- Grace Carpenter
- Hives
- Hennessey
- Beauregard (Referenced only)
Locations
- Africa (Referenced only)
- Rittenhouse estate
Organizations
Animals
- Elephants (Referenced only)
Vocations
Miscellaneous
Notes[]
- Animal Crackers (1930) redirects to this page.
- Animal Crackers was filed with the Copyright registry office on September 6th, 1930. [1]
- Filming on Animal Crackers was conducted at Astoria Studios in Astoria, Queens, New York City.
- This is the second of three films featuring the Marx Brothers produced in New York City.
- Director of photography George J. Folsey is credited as George Folsey in this film.
- Pierre Collings provided the continuity for this film.
- Jeffrey Spaulding's name is also spelled as Geoffrey Spaulding in a newspaper clipping from this film.
Fun Facts[]
- Promotional posters for the film boasted the banner, "The maddest comics of them all! The Marx Brothers".
- The painting that is stolen in this film is called "After the Hunt" by Beauregard.
- The name Captain Spaulding is also used as an alias by psychotic clown killer Johnny Lee Johns in the 2003 Grindhouse thriller House of 1000 Corpses.
- Also from House of 1000 Corpses, Captain Spaulding's henchman, Ravelli, is named after Signor Emanuel Ravelli from this film. Other characters from the movie are likewise named after characters from Marx Brothers films.
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ IMDB; Animal Crackers (1930); Box office & business.