The cocoanuts is a musical with music and lyrics by irving berlin and a book by george s. Transferring their hit stage show directly to the screen, the marx brothers first feature film is technically crude and utterly hilarious, with a script by george s. Zeppo, harpo, groucho and chico the marx brothers as they stand together smiling happily and shaking one anothers hands. Movie title and typography from the cocoanuts 1929, directed by robert florey, starring groucho marx, harpo marx, chico marx, zeppo marx. Ive yet to find a truly consistent marx brothers comedy, and cocoanuts suffers from some of the usual flaws. Funny movie quotes from the cocoanuts best clean funny jokes. The marx brothers silver screen collection the cocoanuts.
Released october 4th, 2002, the cocoanuts stars groucho marx, harpo marx, chico marx, zeppo marx the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. The fifth marx brother would be zeppo if youre going by birth order, or gummo, in order of popularity gummo only did vaudeville and did not appear in any of the movies. Sort marx brothers movies by which marx brother starred in the movie. The musical was given tryouts in boston and philadelphia before opening at the lyric theatre on 8 december 1925 and closing after 276 performances on 7 august 1926. But minnie did live just long enough to see her boys running around on the big screen. Produced for paramount pictures by walter wanger, who is not credited, the film stars the four marx brothers, oscar shaw, mary eaton, and margaret dumont.
The cocoanuts movie poster the marx brothers vintage 3 ebay. The marx brothers stage shows became popular just as hollywood was changing to talkies. The producing studio, paramount, wisely resisted the movie turned out to be a big hit and earned close to two million dollars profit. The cocoanuts has music and lyrics by irving berlin and a book by george s. Duck soup written by bert kalmar, nat perrin, harry ruby, and arthur.
This makes the cocoanuts their earliest surviving movie, and its the creakiest of the bunch. The marx brothers silver screen collection the cocoanuts animal crackers monkey business horse feathers duck soup celebrate the 75th anniversary of the greatest comedy act in history with the marx brothers silver screen collection. The marx brothers made a onereel short in 1926 called humor risk, but it was never released and is now a lost film. Polly potter sings that spanish castle i built in my mind will be a love nest, the practical.
It was greeted with such hostility that one master reel was burned, and the other deteriorated in a producers closet. Oct 02, 2012 the cocoanuts 1929 the first marx brothers film to be released theatrically is also one of their best, the hilarious cocoanuts. Great wall decor art print at a fraction of the cost of an original art print. Heres a film that was sharpened in its time as a broadway show. The cocoanuts deserves attention due to its historical significance, and it also offers sporadic amusement. Feb 23, 2017 groucho knows how to sell florida realestate. Synopsis act 1 scene 1 lobby of the cocoanuts, a hotel in cocoanut beach, florida. Cocoanuts marx brothers hilarious auction scene youtube. Actually any marx brother s movie, but duck soup may be my favorite. Print may show fold marks, tears, stains and blurry text and graphics from reproduction of aged original vintage art print. The cocoanuts 1929 the first marx brothers film to be released theatrically is also one of their best, the hilarious cocoanuts. The marx brothers, groucho, chico, harpo and zeppo are a group of actors known for duck soup 1933, animal crackers 1930 horse feathers 1932 a night in casablanca 1946 a day at the races 1937 and a night at the opera 1935. The cocoanuts, starring the marx brothers famous clowns. Mar 31, 2018 the cocoanuts, released in 1929, was their first proper movie, and the ideal way to introduce their crazy antics to the world.
This was the marx brothers first movie if you dont count humor risk and was one of the earliest sound films ever made pay attention to scenes where groucho is showing maps of florida real estate, and you will notice the maps are soaking wet to avoid overdriving the recording equipment. A fasttalking miami hotel manager tries to stay in business during the florida land rush. They were celebrated for their inventive attacks on the socially respectable and upon ordered society in general. That honor belongs to humorisk, a silent film which no longer exists. Jan 29, 2015 the fifth marx brother would be zeppo if youre going by birth order, or gummo, in order of popularity gummo only did vaudeville and did not appear in any of the movies. It may also have the distinction of being the first true movie musical, that is, a movie where the musical numbers were meant to be part of the story telling process rather than a performance for audience within the movie. They began their careers in vaudeville, before becoming stars in the movies. In honor of grouchos birthday on october 2, here are all of his movies with his brothers, ranked from worst to best. The cocoanuts the cocoanuts was the first marx brothers film to make a wide release an earlier attempt at making a movie, humor risk, was apparently so bad that it was only shown once and the. They peer into the camera which pulls back slightly as they wave goodbye. Cocoanuts and the marx brothers monroe county public. Contrary to popular belief, cocoanuts was not the first marx brothers movie.
The cocoanuts, released in 1929, was their first proper movie, and the ideal way to introduce their crazy antics to the world. Jul 25, 2016 the cocoanuts 1929, directed by robert florey and joseph santley is the marx brothers first featurelength film. Marx brothers, the cocoanuts movie posters vintage. The cocoanuts 1929 the marx brothers the movie title. The cocoanuts is a 1929 precode musical comedy film starring the marx brothers. Jamison, a young man who might well be hammers younger brother but who is in fact his conservatively dressed assistant, enters from the lobby and hands a telegram to hammer. The more famous film adaptation was released by paramount pictures in 1929, soon after the addition of synchronized sound permitted talking movies. Watching cocoanuts is watching the marx brothers in slow motion even their very next movie was pacier which combined with the crackly soundtrack and inert camerawork makes for pleasantly hypnotic viewing, especially late in the wee hours. Their first two released films they had previously made but not released one short silent film titled humor risk were adaptations of broadway shows. First marx brothers outing, as a group of zanies who take over a resort hotel in.
Sort marx brothers movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost in millions. They signed a contract with paramount and embarked on their film career. Sep 10, 2015 a happy sidebar for the marx brothers cocoanuts experience involved their beloved mother, minnie. It certainly was spoken by groucho, playing henry w. The adjoining hotel room chase, the auction, the why a duck.
Apr 12, 2017 funny movie quotes from the cocoanuts, starring the marx brothers groucho, chico, harpo, zeppo, margaret dumont their first zany movie comedy best clean funny jokes jokes that are clean, funny, and for you. The cocoanuts 1929 directed by robert florey, joseph. It finds groucho running a florida hotel and auctioning off parcels of land, and all four boys. Marx brothers, american comedy team that was popular on stage, screen, and radio for 30 years. Interesting thing about the cocoanuts it was the marx brother s first film with paramount, based on their successful stage show at the time, and the brothers were so upset when they saw the final cut of the film that they apparently tried to buy back the negatives and destroy them. Audiences for the marx brothers revival are bombarded with laughs as though a bunch of monkeys chittering away in tall trees were. The marx brothers feature film premiered in des moines, ia on 12 november before wider release in the us 5 days later. Marx brothers movies can be ranked 6 ways in this table the really cool thing about this table is that it is usersortable. I also think the cocoanuts has one of the strongest lineup of classic bits in any marx brothers movie. Nov 15, 2015 i also think the cocoanuts has one of the strongest lineup of classic bits in any marx brothers movie. When the marx brothers were shown the final cut of the cocoanuts 1929, their first film, they were so appalled they tried to buy the negative back and prevent its release.
Monkey business the marx brothers on allmusic 2000. Transferring their hit stage show directly to the screen, the marx brothers first feature film is. The cocoanuts was written for the marx brothers after the. Minnie marx, sadly, was to pass on within a few weeks of her sons movie debut in the cocoanuts. May 04, 2014 ironically, the cocoanuts in format is something like their first two mgm films, in that the marx brothers are busted down to components of a much larger canvas that includes the aforementioned dance spectacles, an elevated romantic plot, villains, and attempt at commentary on current events the florida land boom. By the time of their first film, the cocoanuts, in 1929 which was basically a filmed version of their second broadway hit brother gummo milton marx, 18971977 had retired from the act and. Marx brothers, the cocoanuts movie posters vintage, vintage. The cocoanuts 2002 stream and watch online moviefone. Most of the marx brothers oeuvre can be found for free on youtube. The legendary marx brothers groucho, harpo, chico and zeppo made their motion picture debut in the outrageously funny adaptation of their broadway play the cocoanuts. Produced by paramount pictures, the movie is a screen adaptation by morrie. Cocoanuts was the first feature film starring the four marx brothers.
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