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Animal Crackers, The Cocoanuts

(Victor Heerman, 1930)
(Robert Florey and Joseph Santley, 1929)

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“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.”—Captain Spaulding (Groucho Marx)

Filled with one-liners from start to finish, Animal Crackers stars Groucho as explorer Captain Spaulding, the honored guest at a lavish party society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse (Margaret Dumont) soon wishes she never arranged. (96 mins., 4K DCP)

The brothers’ first feature film, The Cocoanuts stars Groucho as the manager of a resort hotel during the Florida land rush and Chico and Harpo as inept conmen who arrive hoping to shake down its guests. (93 mins., 4K DCP)

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Animal Crackers, The Cocoanuts