Animal Crackers

1930
0
1 Std. 37 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,4/10

15.567

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, and The Marx Brothers in Animal Crackers (1930)

Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.

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Classic Musical Farce Slapstick Comedy Family Musical

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuMayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,4/10

15.567

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 2 Nominierungen insgesamt

The Professor
(as The Marx Brothers)

Chico Marx

Signor Emanuel Ravelli
(as The Marx Brothers)

The Marx Brothers

Zeppo Marx

Horatio Jamison
(as The Marx Brothers)

Lillian Roth

Arabella Rittenhouse

Margaret Dumont

Mrs. Rittenhouse

Louis Sorin

Roscoe W. Chandler

Hal Thompson

John Parker

Margaret Irving

Mrs. Whitehead

Kathryn Reece

Grace Carpenter

Robert Greig

Hives - the Butler

Edward Metcalfe

Police Inspector Hennessey

The Music Masters

Six Footmen

Robert Allen

Party Guest
(Nicht genannt)

Donald MacBride

Party Guest
(Nicht genannt)

Ann Roth

Party Guest
(Nicht genannt)

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Wissenswertes
In the interchange between Spaulding and Ravelli near the end of the film, Spaulding refers to "Chic Sale". Chic Sale was a vaudeville performer well-known to audiences in the 1930s. His name, however, had a parallel meaning. It had become a euphemism for an outhouse. Groucho Marx may have thought the reference as a way around the Hays Office code. The comedian Soupy Hines changed his name to Soupy Sales in honor of the original Sale. His birth name was Milton Supman.

Patzer
When Professor replaces the handgun for a rifle after he shoots himself in the foot, Hives can be seen in the background walking behind the column, clearly awaiting his turn to enter the scene.

Zitate
Capt. Spaulding: [Speaking directly at the camera] Well, all the jokes can't be good. You've got to expect that once in awhile.

Alternative Versionen
Censored for a 1936 reissue to meet Production Code requirements; this censored version was the only one available for television showings and subsequent VHS/DVD releases. A surviving complete and uncensored print was found in England, and is the source being used for the 2016 blu-ray release.

Verbindungen
Featured in 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974)

Soundtracks
You Must Do Your Best Tonight
(1930) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Ruby
Lyrics by Bert Kalmar
Sung by Robert Greig and The Music Masters

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Ausgewählte Rezension

8/10

Entertaining - Of Course, But I Wouldn't Rank It Their Best

Once again, this Marx Brothers film is different from most comedies in that is features a mile-a-minute gags, either verbal or sight, constant silliness and some music thrown in the mix. All of it runs the gamut from very clever to stupid. However, if it gets stupid hang around another minute or so and you'll find something to laugh at.

One problem, especially with this film, is that some of the humor is dated and/or topical, meaning what was funny back then isn't necessarily now or the subject Groucho or Chico is talking about was big news back then but unknown now.

Nonetheless, I still enjoyed this and found a lot of funny material. I enjoy the Marx Brothers clever stuff and their slapstick. I particularly appreciated Groucho apparently ad-libbing one scene. In a few others he acted like he was ad- libbing, turning his head and talking to the camera. You don't see much of that stuff, and it's funny.

Two of the three songs were instrumentals, and they seemed to take away from the pace of the story. Groucho's song, "Hooray For Captain Spaulding," is a classic.

Some consider this to be the best Marx Brothers movie but I found several others I liked a lot more, such as "Horse Feathers" and "Duck Soup," just to name two.