"Why Am I So Romantic?" (1930)

Sticking with the Marx Brothers, let’s go back to 1930 for their second film, Animal Crackers,” which was an adaptation of the brothers’ hit Broadway show. 

Notice that the sheet music shows that animal crackers haven't changed much in 90-plus years!

The original show featured songs by Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby, some of which were included in the movie, but the movie added the song “Why Am I So Romantic?” also by Kalmar & Ruby. 

Here’s a version by Sam Lanin and his Famous Players with vocalist Scrappy Lambert:

 

Scrappy has such an early-30s sound (voice and nickname)!