 The play was filmed in 1930 with most of the principal leads repeating their roles from the stage production, and most of the musical numbers cut.After "The Cocoanuts" ran for almost three years at the Lyric Theatre, the "anarchic" "Animal Crackers" became the third and last Broadway show for the Marx Brothers ("I'll Say She Is" was the first).It would be their last stage show, after which they focused on film.