![]() ![]() ![]() The film begins with a song and dance number "Hooray for Captain Spaulding". It was not perfect, but was a major step in the right direction. However, because sound systems were still pretty crude in 1930, there are some noticeable problems-such as how some of the singers (in particular Zeppo) are drowned out by the chorus behind him. This sort of self-parody was quite welcome. Sure, the entire film is set in just a few rooms in a mansion BUT I also liked how the film kept its many references to the fact that is IS a play. Here in their second film it still is a bit stagy but this is NOT a bad thing necessarily. And, the brothers weren't quite as relaxed in front of the camera as they would become later. When you try to watch "The Cocoanuts" today, you marvel at how poor the sound is as well as how incredibly stagy it all looked. "Animal Crackers" is far from a perfect Marx Brothers film, though it is a heck of a lot more fun and watchable than their first full-length film which was made the previous year, "The Cocoanuts". ![]()
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