The music for “The Cocoanuts” stage show and film was composed by none other than Irving Berlin
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“The Cocoanuts” (1929) was Kay Francis’s second feature film and it was The Marx Brothers first “official” feature film.
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“The Cocoanuts” began life as one of The Marx Brothers’ stage shows which also starred their frequent collaborator Margaret Dumont. She went on to be in 6 more of their films!
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And now our feature presentation: “The Cocoanuts” (1929) staring Harpo, Chico, Groucho AND Zeppo Marx (https://youtu.be/9FxpREDf_l0?si=4GvI__dJtRR4hvS9)
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Next up is “The Stolen Jools” (1931) (https://youtu.be/Y0GSQpZu7AQ?si=IZS5wvGAuq9ea9u-) which is stuffed with some of the biggest stars of the stage & screen of the 1920s and early 1930s to raise funds for the National Vaudeville Artists Tuberculosis Sanitarium
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This print of “The Hot Spot” (1931) was restored from the only known 16mm copy
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