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Animal Crackers is a 1930 American pre-Code Marx Brothers comedy film directed by Victor Heerman. The film stars the Marx Brothers, ( Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo ), with Lillian Roth and Margaret Dumont, based on the Marxes’ Broadway musical of the same name. Mayhem and zaniness ensue during a weekend party in honor of famed African ...
Animal Crackers is a musical play with music and lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind.The musical starred the Marx Brothers and is set at the Long Island Home of Mrs. Rittenhouse; a character portrayed by Margaret Dumont in the 1928 production on Broadway.
The Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in 14 motion pictures from 1905 to 1949.Five of the Marx Brothers' fourteen feature films were selected by the American Film Institute (AFI) as among the top 100 comedy films, with two of them, Duck Soup (1933) and A Night at the Opera (1935), in the top fifteen.
Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding is a fictional character in the Broadway musical Animal Crackers and the film of the same name. He was originally played by actor Groucho Marx, one of the Marx Brothers, in both productions. [ 1] Despite his middle name being Edgar, he is known as Jeffrey T. Spaulding; his first name is also spelled as "Geoffrey" in ...
1902–1965. Spouse (s) John Moller, Jr. . . ( m. 1910; died 1918) . Margaret Dumont (born Daisy Juliette Baker; October 20, 1882 – March 6, 1965) [ 1][ 2][ a] was an American stage and film actress. She is best remembered as the comic foil to the Marx Brothers in seven of their films; Groucho Marx called her "practically the fifth Marx brother."
Animal Crackers (album), the first album by Wee Hairy Beasties. The Animal Crackers (band), a Cincinnati, Ohio DJ group. "Animal Crackers", tune by Duke Ellington. Animal Crackers (musical), the 1928 Broadway play by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind starring the Marx Brothers. "Animal Crackers in My Soup", a song sung by Shirley Temple in ...
Chico Marx. Leonard Joseph " Chico " Marx ( / ˈtʃɪkoʊ /; March 22, 1887 – October 11, 1961) was an American comedian, actor and pianist. [ 1] He was the oldest brother in the Marx Brothers comedy troupe, alongside his brothers Arthur ("Harpo"), Julius ("Groucho"), Milton ("Gummo") and Herbert ("Zeppo"). His persona in the act was that of ...
Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby. "Hello, I Must Be Going" is a song from the Marx Brothers ' 1930 film Animal Crackers, written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. It was sung by Groucho, along with Margaret Dumont, just before the dialogue that preceded the song "Hooray for Captain Spaulding". It did not feature in the earlier stage production of Animal ...