Animal Crackers (1930)

1930 · Feature film · 98 min · dir. Victor Heerman

The maddest comics of them all!

• Comedy

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Synopsis

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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Details

Director

Victor Heerman

Writer

Morrie Ryskind

Composer

Max Reese

Cinematography

George J. Folsey

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Released

1930-08-08

Awards

2 nominations

Running time

98 minutes

Language

English

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• public
• domain
• black
• white
• marx
• brothers

Cast & crew

• Victor Heerman Director
• Groucho Marx
• Harpo Marx
• Chico Marx
• Zeppo Marx
• Lillian Roth
• Margaret Dumont
• Louis Sorin
• Hal Thompson

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