ANIMAL CRACKERS
1930. A Paramount picture.
Director: Victor Heerman. Screenplay: Morrie Ryskind. Continuity: Pierre Collings.
Based on the musical play + book by: George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind.
Music and lyrics ("Hooray for Captain Spaulding" and "Why Am
I So Romantic"): Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Photography: George Folsey.
Length: 8,897 feet. 98 minutes.
CAST: GROUCHO (Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding); HARPO (The
Professor); CHICO (Signor Emanuel Ravelli); ZEPPO (Horatio Jamison); Margaret
Dumont (Mrs. Rittenhouse); Lillian Roth (Arabella Rittenhouse); Louis Sorin
(Roscoe W. Chandler); Hal Thompson (John Parker); Margaret Irving (Mrs. Whitehead);
Kathryn Reece (Grace Carpenter); Robert Greig (Hives, the butler); Edward
Metcalf. (Inspector Hennessey); The Music Masters (Six footmen).
Shot in the East at the Astoria Studios. Released in the United States September
6, 1930.