Great news! As I understand it, there are actually two lines:
Chorus: "He is the greatest hunter that ever bagged a rhino."
Spaulding: "I think this dame's a wino!"
Chorus: "He is the only white man to cover every acre."
Spaulding: "I think I'll try and make her!"
Restored tends to mean "restored to the best of our ability" not "restored to perfection". I doubt if any footage has been recovered. The restoration probably just consists of improvements to the exiting picture and sound elements.
Last September my wife and I had the great pleasure of seeing "The Cocoanuts" performed live on stage at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival! It was an adaptation of the original Broaway show and it was a riot!!! The cast did a great job bringing the Marx Brothers back to life! They played off of...
Which line is missing from Capt. Spaulding? There are two that I know of that aren't in the movie as it exists today.
From the stage version:
Chorus. "he is the greatest hunter who ever bagged a rhino!"
Spaulding. "I think this dame's a wino!"
Chorus. "He is the only white man to cover...
Paramount, yes. We were talking about Universal releasing them and I forgot for a second that their early films were actually through Paramount. Thanks!