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Animal Crackers
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Animal Crackers is a 1930 American black-and-white comedy film produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Directed by Victor Heerman, the movie features a cast including Groucho Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont, and Harpo Marx. The screenplay was written by George S. Kaufman, Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar, and Morrie Ryskind, with music composed by Bert Kalmar. The narrative is set in the United States during the 1920s and focuses on high society.
The film belongs to the genres of comedy, slapstick, musical, and whodunit, and is associated with the Pre-Code Hollywood movement. It has a runtime of 98 minutes according to one source and 97 minutes according to another. The work is available via video on demand through Netflix. Critical assessments include a Bechdel test evaluation and review scores of 8.1 out of 10, 97 percent, 7.4, and an average vote of 6.917.
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6.9The 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.
Cast
- Groucho Marx as Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding
- Harpo Marx as The Professor
- Chico Marx as Signor Emanuel Ravelli
- Zeppo Marx as Horatio Jamison
- Lillian Roth as Arabella Rittenhouse
- Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Rittenhouse
Themes
- musical
- based on play or musical
- whodunit
- black and white
- pre-code
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Animal Crackers
- Main subject
- high society
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- Victor Heerman
- Screenwriter
- Morrie Ryskind
- Cast member
- Robert Greig
- Composer
- Bert Kalmar
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- George J. Folsey
- Narrative location
- United States
- Duration
- 93
- FilmAffinity ID
- 760205
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1930-01-01
- title
- Animal Crackers
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- Commons category
- Animal Crackers (1930 film)
- production designer
- Ernst Fegté
- set in period
- 1920s
- review score
- 97%
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