The cocoanuts [videorecording] / screenplay adaptation by Morrie Ryskind ; produced by Walter Wanger ; directed by Joseph Santley and Robert Florey.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 201681961116506 | UniversalLanguage: English, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Universal City, CA : Universal, c2011.Description: 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits: - Music by Irving Berlin.
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Main Library | DVD | COMEDY Cocoanut | Available | 33111006681429 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
While The Four Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo) were appearing nightly on Broadway in Animal Crackers in the spring of 1929, they spent their days shooting their first film, The Cocoanuts, at Paramount's Astoria Studios in Long Island. Based on their 1925 stage hit, The Cocoanuts is set in Miami, where hotel manager Mr. Hammer (Groucho Marx) struggles to keep his establishment from going under. Hammer's only paying guest is Mrs. Potter (Margaret Dumont), whose daughter Polly (Mary Eaton) is in love with aspiring architect Bob (Oscar Shaw). Mrs. Potter would prefer that Polly marry the respectable Harvey Yates (Cyril Ring); what she doesn't know is that Yates is a jewel thief, in cahoots with the slinky Penelope (Kay Francis). The script was written by George S. Kaufman, and the music by Irving Berlin. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on the musical playbook by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1929.
Title from container.
Music by Irving Berlin.
The Marx Brothers, Oscar Shaw, Mary Eaton, Margaret Dumont.
Based on their Broadway hit. The film--one of the first full talkies--takes place in a hotel with owner Groucho out to grab every dollar.
Rating: Not rated.
DVD, region 1; NTSC, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono.
English or Spanish dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.