Captain Spaulding is the signature character played by actor Groucho Marx for the stage play and film Animal Crackers. Animal Crackers is a musical with music and lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby and a book by George S Animal Crackers is a 1930 Comedy film, in which mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain The character of Captain Jeffrey (or Geoffrey, the name appears both ways in the film) T. Spaulding (the "T" stands for "Edgar") first appeared in the Broadway play Animal Crackers and later in the 1930 film of the same name. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Animal Crackers is a musical with music and lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby and a book by George S Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check Animal Crackers is a 1930 Comedy film, in which mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding is a famous explorer on return from a trek across Africa to be the guest of honor at a high-society party. Despite his hosts' frequent claims that he is one of the most courageous travelers in the world, his own accounts of his safari reveal his cowardice. SAFARI was an attempt by the French government under the presidency of Georges Pompidou, to create a centralized database of personal data He eventually gets caught up in the mystery of a stolen painting.
The character's theme song, "Hooray for Captain Spaulding", became forever associated with Groucho in the public mind. "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" is a song originally from the 1928 Marx Brothers stage musical Animal Crackers and the 1930 film version A jazzy instrumental version of the song was later the theme for his quiz show, You Bet Your Life. You Bet Your Life is an American Radio and Television Quiz show. At Groucho's Carnegie Hall concert in the early 1970s, accompanist Marvin Hamlisch played the song as Groucho made his entrance onstage. Carnegie Hall (generally ˌkɑrnɨgi ˈhɔːl is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (born June 2, 1944) is an American Composer.
The song's most famous line is "Hooray for Captain Spaulding / The African explorer / 'Did someone call me schnorrer?' / Hooray Hooray Hooray!" Groucho also delivered two of his most famous lines in the Captain Spaulding role, both while recounting his exploits in Africa: "We took some pictures of the native girls, but they weren't developed. Schnorrer (also spelled shnorrer) is a Yiddish term meaning " Beggar " or "sponger" But we're going back in a couple of months!" and "One morning, I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas, I don't know. "
One line, Groucho's aside referencing Margaret Dumont's character, "I think I'll try and make her", as in "seduce her", was chopped from all known prints of the film during the 1936 re-release, due to its violation of the Hays Code. For the television broadcasting term please see Production code number.
The song was more recently recorded by Big Lou's Polka Casserole. [1]
Rob Zombie used the character's name for a major character in his film House of 1000 Corpses and its sequel The Devil's Rejects. Robert Bartleh Cummings (born January 12, 1965) better known by his Stage name, Rob Zombie, is an American Musician For the song of the same name see House of 1000 Corpses (song House of 1000 Corpses is a 2003 exploitation For the song of the same name see House of 1000 Corpses (song House of 1000 Corpses is a 2003 exploitation The Devil's Rejects is a 2005 exploitation Horror film written and directed by Rob Zombie.
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