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[td]Due to [[Paramount Pictures]]' failure to renegotiate the American film rights, ''Animal Crackers'' reverted to the original authors: playwrights [[George S. Kaufman]] and [[Morrie Ryskind]], and composers [[Harry Ruby]] and [[Bert Kalmar]] in 1956.{{sfn|Mitchell|2012|p=25}} Two years later, [[MCA Inc.]] acquired the film rights, but could not secure the stage play rights due to Kaufman's and Ryskind's financial demands.{{sfn|Maltin|1974|p=1D}}[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]These legal restrictions prevented ''Animal Crackers'' from being shown theatrically, or broadcast on television in the United States,{{sfn|Stoliar|2011|p=24}} but it could be shown in Canada, outside the restricted area. (The same situation prevailed in 1968, when stage rights forced MCA to withdraw the [[Olsen and Johnson]] comedy ''[[Hellzapoppin' (film)|Hellzapoppin']]'' from TV distribution in America, but not in Canada.) Paramount had not reissued ''Animal Crackers'' in the United States since 1949 (alongside ''[[Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup]]''),<ref>''Variety'', "Para. Clicks in N.Y. with Dualer Reissues at Art Houses as Linguals Fade", Aug. 31, 1949, p. 3.</ref><ref>''Motion Picture Daily'', Sept. 2, 1949, p. 2.</ref> and the studio reissued it internationally only twice: in Canada in 1951<ref>''Boxoffice'', Sept. 29. 1951, p. 41.</ref> and in France in 1955.<ref>Gene Moskowitz, ''Variety'', Aug. 10, 1955, p. 62.</ref> Marx Brothers fans in the United States were unable to see ''Animal Crackers'' until 16mm copies of a Canadian TV print began circulating on the collectors' market. Some theaters took a chance on showing these inferior, unauthorized copies to paying audiences, but these revivals were not heavily publicized and escaped MCA's notice.[/td]
[td]These legal restrictions prevented ''Animal Crackers'' from being shown theatrically, or broadcast on television in the United States,{{sfn|Stoliar|2011|p=24}} but it could be shown in Canada, outside the restricted area.{{efn|A similar situation arose in 1968, when stage rights forced MCA to withdraw the [[Olsen and Johnson]] comedy ''[[Hellzapoppin' (film)|Hellzapoppin']]'' from TV distribution in America, but not in Canada.}} The last known domestic theatrical release of the film was in 1949 (alongside ''[[Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup]]''),<ref>''Variety'', "Para. Clicks in N.Y. with Dualer Reissues at Art Houses as Linguals Fade", Aug. 31, 1949, p. 3.</ref><ref>''Motion Picture Daily'', Sept. 2, 1949, p. 2.</ref> Paramount is only known to have reissued it internationally twice: in Canada in 1951<ref>''Boxoffice'', Sept. 29. 1951, p. 41.</ref> and in France in 1955.<ref>Gene Moskowitz, ''Variety'', Aug. 10, 1955, p. 62.</ref> Marx Brothers fans in the United States were unable to see ''Animal Crackers'' until 16mm copies of a Canadian TV print began circulating on the collectors' market. Some theaters took a chance on showing these inferior, unauthorized copies to paying audiences, but these revivals were not heavily publicized and escaped MCA's notice.[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]One such screening, in December, 1973 in [[Anaheim, California]] at the [[Old Town Music Hall]], was attended by Steve Stoliar, a student at [[UCLA]] and Marx Brothers enthusiast. Stoliar contacted [[Groucho Marx]], seeking his support for a campaign to have ''Animal Crackers'' legally re-released.{{sfn|Stoliar|2011|p=26}} Groucho agreed to appear at a UCLA publicity event.{{sfn|Stoliar|2011|p=32}}[/td]
[td]One such screening, in December, 1973 in [[Anaheim, California]] at the [[Old Town Music Hall]], was attended by Steve Stoliar, a student at [[UCLA]] and Marx Brothers enthusiast. Stoliar contacted [[Groucho Marx]], seeking his support for a campaign to have ''Animal Crackers'' legally re-released.{{sfn|Stoliar|2011|p=26}} Groucho agreed to appear at a UCLA publicity event.{{sfn|Stoliar|2011|p=32}}[/td]
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[td]Due to [[Paramount Pictures]]' failure to renegotiate the American film rights, ''Animal Crackers'' reverted to the original authors: playwrights [[George S. Kaufman]] and [[Morrie Ryskind]], and composers [[Harry Ruby]] and [[Bert Kalmar]] in 1956.{{sfn|Mitchell|2012|p=25}} Two years later, [[MCA Inc.]] acquired the film rights, but could not secure the stage play rights due to Kaufman's and Ryskind's financial demands.{{sfn|Maltin|1974|p=1D}}[/td]Revision as of 19:03, 30 August 2025
[/td][td]Due to [[Paramount Pictures]]' failure to renegotiate the American film rights, ''Animal Crackers'' reverted to the original authors: playwrights [[George S. Kaufman]] and [[Morrie Ryskind]], and composers [[Harry Ruby]] and [[Bert Kalmar]] in 1956.{{sfn|Mitchell|2012|p=25}} Two years later, [[MCA Inc.]] acquired the film rights, but could not secure the stage play rights due to Kaufman's and Ryskind's financial demands.{{sfn|Maltin|1974|p=1D}}[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]These legal restrictions prevented ''Animal Crackers'' from being shown theatrically, or broadcast on television in the United States,{{sfn|Stoliar|2011|p=24}} but it could be shown in Canada, outside the restricted area. (The same situation prevailed in 1968, when stage rights forced MCA to withdraw the [[Olsen and Johnson]] comedy ''[[Hellzapoppin' (film)|Hellzapoppin']]'' from TV distribution in America, but not in Canada.) Paramount had not reissued ''Animal Crackers'' in the United States since 1949 (alongside ''[[Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup]]''),<ref>''Variety'', "Para. Clicks in N.Y. with Dualer Reissues at Art Houses as Linguals Fade", Aug. 31, 1949, p. 3.</ref><ref>''Motion Picture Daily'', Sept. 2, 1949, p. 2.</ref> and the studio reissued it internationally only twice: in Canada in 1951<ref>''Boxoffice'', Sept. 29. 1951, p. 41.</ref> and in France in 1955.<ref>Gene Moskowitz, ''Variety'', Aug. 10, 1955, p. 62.</ref> Marx Brothers fans in the United States were unable to see ''Animal Crackers'' until 16mm copies of a Canadian TV print began circulating on the collectors' market. Some theaters took a chance on showing these inferior, unauthorized copies to paying audiences, but these revivals were not heavily publicized and escaped MCA's notice.[/td]
[td]These legal restrictions prevented ''Animal Crackers'' from being shown theatrically, or broadcast on television in the United States,{{sfn|Stoliar|2011|p=24}} but it could be shown in Canada, outside the restricted area.{{efn|A similar situation arose in 1968, when stage rights forced MCA to withdraw the [[Olsen and Johnson]] comedy ''[[Hellzapoppin' (film)|Hellzapoppin']]'' from TV distribution in America, but not in Canada.}} The last known domestic theatrical release of the film was in 1949 (alongside ''[[Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup]]''),<ref>''Variety'', "Para. Clicks in N.Y. with Dualer Reissues at Art Houses as Linguals Fade", Aug. 31, 1949, p. 3.</ref><ref>''Motion Picture Daily'', Sept. 2, 1949, p. 2.</ref> Paramount is only known to have reissued it internationally twice: in Canada in 1951<ref>''Boxoffice'', Sept. 29. 1951, p. 41.</ref> and in France in 1955.<ref>Gene Moskowitz, ''Variety'', Aug. 10, 1955, p. 62.</ref> Marx Brothers fans in the United States were unable to see ''Animal Crackers'' until 16mm copies of a Canadian TV print began circulating on the collectors' market. Some theaters took a chance on showing these inferior, unauthorized copies to paying audiences, but these revivals were not heavily publicized and escaped MCA's notice.[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]One such screening, in December, 1973 in [[Anaheim, California]] at the [[Old Town Music Hall]], was attended by Steve Stoliar, a student at [[UCLA]] and Marx Brothers enthusiast. Stoliar contacted [[Groucho Marx]], seeking his support for a campaign to have ''Animal Crackers'' legally re-released.{{sfn|Stoliar|2011|p=26}} Groucho agreed to appear at a UCLA publicity event.{{sfn|Stoliar|2011|p=32}}[/td]
[td]One such screening, in December, 1973 in [[Anaheim, California]] at the [[Old Town Music Hall]], was attended by Steve Stoliar, a student at [[UCLA]] and Marx Brothers enthusiast. Stoliar contacted [[Groucho Marx]], seeking his support for a campaign to have ''Animal Crackers'' legally re-released.{{sfn|Stoliar|2011|p=26}} Groucho agreed to appear at a UCLA publicity event.{{sfn|Stoliar|2011|p=32}}[/td]
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