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Newspaper ad for Animal Crackers (1930) with Lillian Roth paragraph.Īrabella Rittenhouse is attending the party with her fiancé John Parker, who is a struggling painter. The Professor soon takes off chasing after an attractive blonde party-goer. After an elaborate introduction, The Professor scares the guests away with a pistol he grabs from Capt. The Professor, hired to provide music for the weekend event. Soon after, Signor Emanuel Ravelli, hired to provide music for the party, arrives followed a few moments later by his "partner" Rittenhouse begs him to stay and the guests declare their admiration for the Captain and he decides to stay ("Hooray for Captain Spaulding, Part II"). Spaulding makes a grand entrance and announces that he cannot stay and must leave immediately ("Hello, I Must Be Going"). Spaulding's secretary, Horatio Jamison announces the Captain's arrival ("I Represent The Captain") ("Hooray for Captain Spaulding, Part I"). Rittenhouse her daughter Arabella appears and interrupts them. Chandler arrives with the Beaugard and proceeds to flirt with Mrs. Hives instructs his six footmen on preparations for the party ("He's One of Those Men"). Chandler will unveil his recently acquired painting, After The Hunt, by a famous fictional artist named Beaugard. Spaulding, revered art collector Roscoe W. Also, as a special treat for the guests and Capt.

Spaulding, just returned from Africa, as the guest of honor.

The party will host renowned explorer Captain Geoffrey (or Jeffrey) T. Rittenhouse is holding a lavish party at her home on Long Island. ( June 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī newspaper headline explains that society matron Mrs. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. The part of Hives the butler was played by Robert Greig who later appeared with the Marx Brothers in Horse Feathers (1932). Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, also starring the Marx Brothers and Margaret Dumont. It was adapted from the successful 1928 Broadway musical of the same title by George S. A critical and commercial success upon its initial release, it was filmed at Paramount's Astoria Studios in Astoria, Queens it was the second of two films the Brothers would make in New York City. It was based on their broadway musical of the same name, in which mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Jeffrey T.

The film stars the Marx Brothers, Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo, with Lillian Roth and Margaret Dumont. Animal Crackers is a 1930 American pre-Code Marx Brothers comedy film directed by Victor Heerman.