Fresh
Fun puts melody in the shade in the audible pictorial transcription of the musical comedy The Cocoanuts.
Mordaunt Hall, New York Times
The Cocoanuts
Paramount's All Talking Musicomedy Sensation
1929 · 1h 33m · Approved
Comedy, Music
Directed by
Robert Florey
,
Joseph Santley
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The Cocoanuts
Overview
During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.
Director and cast
- Robert Florey Director
- Joseph Santley Director
- Groucho Marx as Hammer
- Harpo Marx as Red
- Chico Marx as Pastrami
- Zeppo Marx as Jamison
- Oscar Shaw as Bob Adams
- Mary Eaton as Polly Potter
- Cyril Ring as Harvey Yates
- Kay Francis as Penelope
- Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Potter
- Basil Ruysdael as Detective Hennessy
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An eminently watchable antique.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Fresh
The Brothers' energy and madness is never in question: when the laughs come, they come loud and long.
Time Out
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