Captain Spaulding

Spaulding is a famous explorer on return from a trek across Africa to be the guest of honour at a high-society party given by the wealthy dowager Mrs. Rittenhouse (Margaret Dumont). She frequently claims that Spaulding is one of the most courageous travellers in the world, yet by his own accounts of his safari, he reveals his cowardice. At the party, which is taking place over a weekend, a valuable painting is stolen, and he, along with the police and his secretary Jamison (Zeppo Marx), try to recover it. {{Blockquote ==In popular culture==

In the 1939 Marx Brothers' film At the Circus, J. Cheever Loophole (also played by Groucho Marx) sings a rendition of "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" and one line references Lydia having a tattoo of Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon. The character Capt. Calvin Spaulding from the television show M*A*S*H, played by Loudon Wainwright III, was named after the Marx character. The horror film character Captain Spaulding, who appears in several works by Rob Zombie (including House of 1000 Corpses, ''The Devil's Rejects, and 3 from Hell''), is named after the Marx character. A chorus on people disguised as the character appears in Woody Allen's movie Everyone Says I Love You. ==References==