Animal Crackers (1930 film)

Animal Crackers
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Victor Heerman
Written by	Bert Kalmar Harry Ruby George S. Kaufman Morrie Ryskind
Starring	Groucho Marx Harpo Marx Chico Marx Zeppo Marx Lillian Roth
Cinematography	George J. Folsey
Music by	Bert Kalmar Harry Ruby
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 23, 1930 (1930-08-23)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3.1 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[1]

Animal Crackers is a 1930 American pre-Code Marx Brothers comedy film directed by Victor Heerman. The film stars the Marx Brothers, (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo), with Lillian Roth and Margaret Dumont, based on the Marxes’ Broadway musical of the same name. Mayhem and zaniness ensue during a weekend party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding. A critical and commercial success upon its initial release, Animal Crackers was shot at Paramount's Astoria Studios in Astoria, Queens, the second film the Brothers would make in New York City.

Animal Crackers was adapted from the successful 1928 Broadway musical of the same title by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, also starring the Marx Brothers and Margaret Dumont. Also reprising their Broadway roles were Margaret Irving as Mrs. Whitehead and Robert Greig as Hives, the butler. Greig appeared with the Marx Brothers again in Horse Feathers (1932).