The Dryden will screen Animal Crackers (Victor Heerman, U.S. 1930, 90 min., 16mm) as part of the Parties series.

Four Marx Brothers—Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo—bring their biggest stage success to the screen, with predictably anarchic and hilarious results. The "story" begins with African explorer Spaulding's (Groucho) arrival at a posh party, leading to the theft of a valuable painting, but it's the nonstop one-liners, verbal tongue twisters, and frequently bizarre physical shtick that keep things moving.

[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2018-Jul-16]