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Animal Crackers  (1930)
The maddest comics of them all!


6.9|8 Aug, 1930|97 min
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The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.
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Keywords
musical
based on play or musical
whodunit
black and white
pre-code

Casts

Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx
Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding
Harpo Marx
Harpo Marx
The Professor
Chico Marx
Chico Marx
Signor Emanuel Ravelli
Zeppo Marx
Zeppo Marx
Horatio Jamison
Lillian Roth
Lillian Roth
Arabella Rittenhouse
Margaret Dumont
Margaret Dumont
Mrs. Rittenhouse
Louis Sorin
Louis Sorin
Roscoe Chandler
Hal Thompson
Hal Thompson
John Parker
Margaret Irving
Margaret Irving
Mrs. Whitehead
Kathryn Reece
Kathryn Reece
Grace Carpenter
Robert Greig
Robert Greig
Hives
Edward Metcalf
Hennessey
Robert Allen
Robert Allen
House Party Guest (uncredited)
Donald MacBride
Donald MacBride
House Party Guest (uncredited)
Ann Roth
House Party Guest (uncredited)
Fredi Washington
Fredi Washington
Party Guest

Crews

Victor Heerman
Victor Heerman
Director
George S. Kaufman
Theatre Play
Morrie Ryskind
Theatre Play
Morrie Ryskind
Screenplay
Max Reese
Original Music Composer
George J. Folsey
Director of Photography
Ernst Fegté
Art Direction
Ernest Zatorsky
Sound
Bert Kalmar
Theatre Play
Harry Ruby
Theatre Play
Pierre Collings
Continuity
George S. Kaufman
Writer

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