Animal Crackers
Animal crackers are a snack of sweet crackers in animal shapes.
Animal Crackers may also refer to:
Alexander Courage
Alexander Mair" Sandy" Courage Jr.( December 10, 1919
May 15, 2008) was an American orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music, primarily for television and film.
He is best known as the composer of the theme music for the original" Star Trek" series.
Petrus de Domarto
Petrus de Domarto( fl. c. 1445– 1455) was a Franco- Flemish composer of the Renaissance.
He was a contemporary and probable acquaintance of Ockeghem, and was the composer of at least one of the first unified mass cycles to be written in continental Europe.
Walter Robinson (composer)
Walter Robinson is an African American composer of the late 20th century.
He is most notable for his 1977 song" Harriet Tubman", which has been recorded by folk musicians such as Holly Near, John McCutcheon, and others.
He is also the composer of several operas.
Hello, I Must Be Going (song)
" Hello, I Must Be Going" is a song from the Marx Brothers' 1930 film" Animal Crackers", written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby.
It was sung by Groucho, along with Margaret Dumont, just before the dialogue that preceded the song" Hooray for Captain Spaulding".
It did not feature in the earlier stage production of" Animal Crackers" which opened on Broadway in 1928.
In the film story the song, together with “ Hooray For Captain Spaulding ”, create a mock grand operatic entry, complete with chorus, for the famed African explorer Captain Spaulding, played by Groucho.
The song expresses Spaulding's contempt for this elaborate welcome.
The song is very closely associated with Groucho.
A biography of Groucho was titled," Hello, I Must be Going!".
He also sang the song, with Erin Fleming, as the opening number of his Carnegie Hall concert in 1972.
Victor Heerman
Victor Heerman( August 27, 1893 – November 3, 1977) was an English- American film director, screenwriter and film producer.
After writing and directing short comedies for Mack Sennett, Heerman teamed with his wife Sarah Y. Mason to win the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay of Louisa May Alcott's novel" Little Women" in 1933.
He directed the Marx Brothers' second film," Animal Crackers", in 1930.
He and Mason were the first screenwriters involved in early, never- produced scripts commissioned for what would become MGM's Pride and Prejudice( 1940 film).
Animal Crackers in My Soup
"Animal Crackers in My Soup" was a song introduced by Shirley Temple in the film "Curly Top" (1935).
The lyrics were written by Irving Caesar and Ted Koehler and the music by Ray Henderson, sheet music published by Sam Fox Publishing Company.
Numerous singles and albums containing the Shirley Temple version of the song exist, including at least one CD with it as title track.
Temple's version made the Hit Parade, but did not attain the popularity of her earlier hit, On the Good Ship Lollipop, which was #2 for the year.
It was recorded by Don Bestor and his orchestra (Brunswick 7495) and Mae Questel, voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl
released a recording of the song in the 1930s.
In 1971, two members of The Irish Rovers, one of which is dressed up like Shirley Temple, sing the song in one sketch as part of one of the episodes of "The Irish Rovers Show".
The song was performed by Elke Sommer on "The Muppet Show" in 1979.
It was also on the Anne Murray album "There's a Hippo in My Tub".
Another cover version appears on the album of 2002, "Maria Muldaur Presents - Animal Crackers
In My Soup: Songs Of Shirley Temple" Barbra Streisand performed the first verse of this song in her "Color Me Barbra Medley" for the television special and album "
Color Me Barbra".
The song was also covered by Joanie Bartels on her 1980 "Sillytime Magic" CD, and was also on the video "The Rainy Day Adventure".
The song is performed by Sammee Lee Jones (as a lookalike of Shirley Temple) in the movie of 1971, "What's the Matter with Helen?".
Terence Frisby
Terence Frisby( born 28 November 1932) is a British playwright, actor, director and producer, best known as the author of the play" There's a Girl in My Soup".
Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra( c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar- shaped string instrument.
He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.
Ray Henderson
Ray Henderson (born Raymond Brost, December 1, 1896 – December 31, 1970) was an American songwriter.

Question: What nationality is the composer of song Animal Crackers In My Soup?
Answer: American