My views Related to Raffles (1939) Plot Society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse is hosting a lavish party at her home on Long Island . The guest of honor is renowned explorer Captain Geoffrey (or Jeffrey) T. Spaulding , just returned from Africa. Also, the famous art collector Roscoe W. Chandler will unveil his recently acquired painting, After The Hunt, by an artist named Beaugard. Capt. Spaulding makes a grand entrance and announces that he cannot stay and must leave immediately (singing "Hello, I Must Be Going"). Signor Emanuel Ravelli, hired to provide music for the party, arrives followed a few moments later by his "partner" the Professor. Newspaper ad for Animal Crackers (1930) Mrs. Rittenhouse's daughter Arabella devises a scheme for Chandler to notice her fiancé John Parker's artistic talent and sponsor him: they'll replace the Beaugard painting with an almost perfect copy of it John painted as an art student. Arabella asks Ravelli to switch the p...