Animal Crackers"A stage vehicle for the Marx Brothers. The scene is the Long Island estate of Mrs. Rittenhouse, a wealthy patroness of the arts with a marriageable daughter. Her celebrity weekend guest is the renowned Captain Jeffrey Spaulding, the African Explorer. He arrives with his secretary, Horatio Jameson, followed by pair of "musicians": Ravelli and the Professor. What follows is typical Marxian lunacy, involving a stolen painting, a surreal bridge game, a Broadway gossip columnist named Wally Winston, a financial wizard formerly known as Abie the Fish Peddler, and a climatic burlesque of Marie Antoinette and the Three Musketeers."--George S. Kaufman website. |
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Abie the fish Animal Crackers ARABELLA Bathing Beaugard Bert Kalmar Black socks Black Black tail coat Blk & charcoal blue BO BO bow tie Grey Captain Spalding cards CHANDLER charcoal striped pants chest coat Black socks DOUCET dress DuBarry ENSEMBLE CLOUD BUTLER ENSEMBLE GUEST Feather & sequin Feather waist schmata FESSOR flash Grey vest Black HAREM GIRL Harry Ruby headress Feather waist HIVES enters HIVES exits HOORAY FOR CAPTAIN JINGO John & Mary Kalmar and Harry Lew Brown LONG ISLAND LOW looks Madam MARY Morrie Ryskind OMNES pants w/suspenders White Pink RAVELLI RITTENHOUSE SCENE sequin headress Feather shirt w/studs Black socks Black shoes striped pants w/suspenders tail coat Black telegram tell THREE LITTLE WORDS THREE MUSKETEERS ukulele UMPA vest Black tail w/studs Black bow w/suspenders White shirt waist schmata Feather WALLY WINSTON White shirt w/studs WHITEHEAD Yellow ballet slippers Yellow unitard Feather