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Release Date:
28 August 1930 (USA) more
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The maddest comics of them all!
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Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding. full summary | add synopsis
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Directed by
Victor Heerman 
 
Writing credits
George S. Kaufman (play) &
Morrie Ryskind (play) &
Bert Kalmar (play) &
Harry Ruby (play)

Morrie Ryskind (writer)

Original Music by
Max Reese (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
George J. Folsey  (as George Folsey)
 
Art Direction by
Ernst Fegté (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Ernest Zatorsky .... sound (uncredited)
 
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Pierre Collings .... continuity
 
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97 min | Argentina:98 min
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1.20 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

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Chico Marx plays his trademark song "I'm Daffy Over You" for the first time in this film. more
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Continuity: In the opening scenes Hives turns to speak to Mrs. Rittenhouse after his opening song, and his waistcoat is different. It continues to swap from one style to another throughout the movie. more
Quotes:
Capt. Spaulding: How much would you charge to run into an open manhole?
Ravelli: Just the cover charge.
Capt. Spaulding: Well, drop in sometime.
Ravelli: Sewer.
Capt. Spaulding: Well, we cleaned that up pretty well.
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Referenced in At the Circus (1939) more
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10 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
Hooray for Captain Spalding!, 9 June 2001
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Author: johnny-143

This is one of my favorite Marx Brothers movies. Just sit back and watch the mayhem come at you, and everyone else in their way. Filled with some of their reliable stock players and plots, there's nothing new about this at all- except for their astounding wit and polish and amazing routines. George Kaufman wrote the script, which is one of their strongest, and it's just sublime silliness from the first word. Watch it when you're sick, it'll lift up your spirits.

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