Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers1930

Stars: The Marx Brothers, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Rating: G
Runtime: 97 minutes

This second Marx Brothers classic has Groucho playing Captain Spaulding (an inside joke pertaining to a renowned Hollywood drug pusher), whose song "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" became his signature anthem. Despite its staginess, it has some hilar… more »



[the paintings have all been recovered]

Hennessy:
[to the Professor] You'd better come with me, young fellow!

Spaulding:
Don't take him away, Officer! He returned the paintings. [the Professor shakes Spaulding's hand] Pardon me, my name is Spaulding, and I've always wanted to meet you.

Hennessy:
...All right. I'll let him go this time. [the Professor shakes his hand] But I want to give you some advice: you're running around with the wrong kind of people! Do you want to be a crook? [the Professor grins and nods, startling Hennesy; Ravelli and Spaulding both roll their eyes] Now, why don't you go home?

Ravelli:
He's got no home.

Hennessy:
Go home for a few nights, and stay home. [the Professor nods, removing his left hand from his belt and letting it hang, Hennessy claps him on the right shoulder gently] Don't you know your poor old mother sits there-

[he is interrupted by clanging noises as stolen silverware falls from the Professor's sleeve]

Hennessy:
Sits there, night af- [more silverware] Night after night. [more silverware] Waiting to hear your steps on the stairs.

Ravelli:
He's got no stairs.

Hennessy:
And I can see a little light, burn- [more silverware] Burning in the window.

Spaulding:
No you can't, the gas company turned it off.

Hennessy:
Now, what I'm telling you is for your own good- [more silverware] And if you listen to me- [more silverware] You can't go wrong- [he is cut off completely by a crash as a particularly large bunch of silverware hits the floor]

Spaulding:
This may go on for years.

Hennessy:
Now, there's just one th- [He is once again cut off by the silverware]

Spaulding:
I can't understand what's delaying that coffeepot. [the Professor shifts his arm, and a coffeepot falls out of his sleeve] Where's the cream?

Hennessy:
Well, you've certainly surprised me!

Spaulding:
Me too; I thought he had more than that!

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