--- title: 'Animal Crackers (1930)' type: 'film' director: 'Victor Heerman' released: '1930-01-01' runtime_minutes: 93 genres: - 'Comedy' - 'Music' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/animal-crackers-1930' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020640/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Animal Crackers (1930) 1930 · 93 min · Comedy, Music, Romance · United States ## Synopsis Animal Crackers is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film starring the Marx Brothers and directed by Victor Heerman. It is based on the brothers' 1928 musical Animal Crackers by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, with songs by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. The screenplay was adapted by Morrie Ryskind. The film features Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo Marx alongside Margaret Dumont and Lillian Roth. Set at a Long Island society party honoring eccentric African explorer Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding (Groucho), the film serves as a vehicle for the Marx Brothers' comedy and absurdist routines, with a minimal plot loosely structured around the theft of a valuable painting. ## Credits - **Director:** [Victor Heerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-heerman) - **Screenplay:** [George S. Kaufman](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-s-kaufman), [Morrie Ryskind](https://cinepixo.com/people/morrie-ryskind), [Harry Ruby](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-ruby), [Bert Kalmar](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-kalmar) - **Original Music Composer:** [Bert Kalmar](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-kalmar) - **Director of Photography:** [George J. Folsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-j-folsey) ## Cast - [Robert Greig](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-greig) - [Groucho Marx](https://cinepixo.com/people/groucho-marx) - [Lillian Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/lillian-roth) - [Margaret Dumont](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-dumont) - [Harpo Marx](https://cinepixo.com/people/harpo-marx) - [Zeppo Marx](https://cinepixo.com/people/zeppo-marx) - [Chico Marx](https://cinepixo.com/people/chico-marx) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/animal-crackers-1930 Film facts: Wikidata (Q547279); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.