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Released on August 23, 1930, and filmed in Astoria, Queens, New York; ''[[Animal Crackers]]'' starred four of the [[Marx Brothers]]: Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo, and Chico. It was a movie adaptation of a 1928 Broadway musical by the same name, written by George S Kaufman and and Morrie Ryskind. Interestingly, the [[Marx Brothers]] also starred in the Broadway hit as well.

Released on August 23, 1930, and filmed in Astoria, Queens, New York; '''''Animal Crackers''''' starred four of the [[Marx Brothers]]: Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo, and Chico. It was a movie adaptation of a 1928 Broadway musical by the same name, written by George S Kaufman and and Morrie Ryskind. Interestingly, the [[Marx Brothers]] also starred in the Broadway hit as well.

The basic plot concerns Groucho, as explorer Captain Geoffrey (or Jeffrey) T. Spaulding, attending a party in his honor at the estate of society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse, and investigating the theft of a valuable painting during the party. The bulk of the movie consists of a succession of comedy sketches, one liner jokes and visual gags.