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Animal Crackers

United States

1930

97 Min

Black and White

1.20:1

English

Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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DIR Victor Heerman

SCR Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar, George S. Kaufman

DP George J. Folsey

CAST Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Lillian Roth, Margaret Dumont

MUSIC Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar

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Anton Williams

30Apr12

A perfect for holiday!

Lorena

1Jan12

My favorite movie by the Marx bros (definitely the funniest!)

AKFilmFan

21Nov11

Not their best, but still zany as ever. This 2nd Marx Bros Broadway adaptation has many moments of genius.

MarcH

31Jul11

My favorite. The Marxes before they were ruined. They are positively feral in this. I love that this was made in Brooklyn NY, and is basically just a filmed stage show.

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ANIMAL CRACKERS

By Daniel A. DiCenso on September 4, 2011

Better remembered than The Cocoanuts, the Marxes’ official first film, Animal Crackers is even rockier and confined to its theatrical origin. The Brothers are in less fine form and… read review

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By Todd Kushigemachi on March 3, 2010

(Originally written December 24, 2006)

Animal Crackers is the funniest of all of the Marx Brothers films, with Chico and Harpo as consistently funny as Groucho. This film is a beautiful mess… read review

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