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The music for “The Cocoanuts” stage show and film was composed by none other than Irving Berlin
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #IrvingBerlin #PreCodeApril #PreCode

The Marx Brothers did make a short in 1921 called “Humor Risk” but after being previewed once the film was never released and Groucho was rumored to have burnt the film negatives but who the fuck knows
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #comedy

“The Cocoanuts” (1929) was Kay Francis’s second feature film and it was The Marx Brothers first “official” feature film.
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #KayFrancis #TheMarxBrothers #PreCodeApril #PreCode #comedy

“The Cocoanuts” (1929) was Kay Francis’s second feature film and it was The Marx Brothers first “official” feature film.
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #KayFrancis #TheMarxBrothers #PreCodeApril #PreCode #comedy

“The Cocoanuts” (1929) was Kay Francis’s second feature film and it was The Marx Brothers first “official” feature film.
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #KayFrancis #TheMarxBrothers #PreCodeApril #PreCode #comedy

“The Cocoanuts” (1929) was Kay Francis’s second feature film and it was The Marx Brothers first “official” feature film.
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #KayFrancis #TheMarxBrothers #PreCodeApril #PreCode #comedy

“The Cocoanuts” (1929) was Kay Francis’s second feature film and it was The Marx Brothers first “official” feature film.
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #KayFrancis #TheMarxBrothers #PreCodeApril #PreCode #comedy

I was embarrassingly old before I realized that Groucho’s trademark eyebrows and mustache were grease paint 😶 BUT he did grow a real mustache later in life
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #GrouchoMarx #TheMarxBrothers #comedy #PreCode

“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!
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #MargaretDumont #TheMarxBrothers #comedy #PreCode

And now our feature presentation: “The Cocoanuts” (1929) staring Harpo, Chico, Groucho AND Zeppo Marx (https://youtu.be/9FxpREDf_l0?si=4GvI__dJtRR4hvS9)
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #PreCode

Need something to do Saturday afternoon? Drop by for #SatMat @ 4pm EST/3pm CST when we close out #PreCodeApril with The Marx Brothers in “The Cocoanuts” (1929). Playlist available here (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Zslnc5XTfvRH1jzK_x6mFj0VzA-nxCX&si=RsQTA7UReseUkInv) Hope y’all can make it💕
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And they lived high AF ever after. THE END!.. Thanks for tuning in! Join me next week when #SatMat closes out #PreCodeApril with the Marx Brothers in “The Cocoanuts” (1929) Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Please smoke responsibly💕

For the record, I pulled “Extra! Extra!” (1931), another RKO Frank McHugh comedy short, b/c the sound was noticeably more wonky than the other films on the playlist. You can check it out for free here (https://youtu.be/fol8Tu3EE30?si=Br4VrboynDaElZA5)
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #ExtraExtra #FrankMcHugh

For the record, I pulled “Extra! Extra!” (1931), another RKO Frank McHugh comedy short, b/c the sound was noticeably more wonky than the other films on the playlist. You can check it out for free here (https://youtu.be/fol8Tu3EE30?si=Br4VrboynDaElZA5)
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #ExtraExtra #FrankMcHugh

For the record, I pulled “Extra! Extra!” (1931), another RKO Frank McHugh comedy short, b/c the sound was noticeably more wonky than the other films on the playlist. You can check it out for free here (https://youtu.be/fol8Tu3EE30?si=Br4VrboynDaElZA5)
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #ExtraExtra #FrankMcHugh

For the record, I pulled “Extra! Extra!” (1931), another RKO Frank McHugh comedy short, b/c the sound was noticeably more wonky than the other films on the playlist. You can check it out for free here (https://youtu.be/fol8Tu3EE30?si=Br4VrboynDaElZA5)
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #ExtraExtra #FrankMcHugh

For the record, I pulled “Extra! Extra!” (1931), another RKO Frank McHugh comedy short, b/c the sound was noticeably more wonky than the other films on the playlist. You can check it out for free here (https://youtu.be/fol8Tu3EE30?si=Br4VrboynDaElZA5)
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #ExtraExtra #FrankMcHugh

Our final comedy short is “The Wide Open Spaces” (1931) (https://youtu.be/cG7XRyUp0QI?si=8ATbI5ydT9tT_xBC) which was another film Frank McHugh made with “The Masquers Club of Hollywood”.. again, sorry about Richard Carlyle as the waking nightmare that is “The Masquer”
#RetroView #TheWideOpenSpaces #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh #TheMasquersClubOfHollywood

Our final comedy short is “The Wide Open Spaces” (1931) (https://youtu.be/cG7XRyUp0QI?si=8ATbI5ydT9tT_xBC) which was another film Frank McHugh made with “The Masquers Club of Hollywood”.. again, sorry about Richard Carlyle as the waking nightmare that is “The Masquer”
#RetroView #TheWideOpenSpaces #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh #TheMasquersClubOfHollywood

Our final comedy short is “The Wide Open Spaces” (1931) (https://youtu.be/cG7XRyUp0QI?si=8ATbI5ydT9tT_xBC) which was another film Frank McHugh made with “The Masquers Club of Hollywood”.. again, sorry about Richard Carlyle as the waking nightmare that is “The Masquer”
#RetroView #TheWideOpenSpaces #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh #TheMasquersClubOfHollywood

Our final comedy short is “The Wide Open Spaces” (1931) (https://youtu.be/cG7XRyUp0QI?si=8ATbI5ydT9tT_xBC) which was another film Frank McHugh made with “The Masquers Club of Hollywood”.. again, sorry about Richard Carlyle as the waking nightmare that is “The Masquer”
#RetroView #TheWideOpenSpaces #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh #TheMasquersClubOfHollywood

Our final comedy short is “The Wide Open Spaces” (1931) (https://youtu.be/cG7XRyUp0QI?si=8ATbI5ydT9tT_xBC) which was another film Frank McHugh made with “The Masquers Club of Hollywood”.. again, sorry about Richard Carlyle as the waking nightmare that is “The Masquer”
#RetroView #TheWideOpenSpaces #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh #TheMasquersClubOfHollywood

Few things are more ominous than 6 men wearing hats showing up
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel

This is by far the nicest I’ve ever seen Frank McHugh dressed in any thing
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel

Back to Frank McHugh? BACK TO FRANK MCHUGH!. “The Great Junction Hotel” (1931) (https://youtu.be/tngru2K-tOk?si=9lZHu-YmgktNSqlm) was one of the short comedies Frank McHugh made with “The Masquers Club of Hollywood”
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel #FrankMcHugh

Back to Frank McHugh? BACK TO FRANK MCHUGH!. “The Great Junction Hotel” (1931) (https://youtu.be/tngru2K-tOk?si=9lZHu-YmgktNSqlm) was one of the short comedies Frank McHugh made with “The Masquers Club of Hollywood”
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel #FrankMcHugh

Back to Frank McHugh? BACK TO FRANK MCHUGH!. “The Great Junction Hotel” (1931) (https://youtu.be/tngru2K-tOk?si=9lZHu-YmgktNSqlm) was one of the short comedies Frank McHugh made with “The Masquers Club of Hollywood”
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel #FrankMcHugh

Back to Frank McHugh? BACK TO FRANK MCHUGH!. “The Great Junction Hotel” (1931) (https://youtu.be/tngru2K-tOk?si=9lZHu-YmgktNSqlm) was one of the short comedies Frank McHugh made with “The Masquers Club of Hollywood”
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel #FrankMcHugh

Back to Frank McHugh? BACK TO FRANK MCHUGH!. “The Great Junction Hotel” (1931) (https://youtu.be/tngru2K-tOk?si=9lZHu-YmgktNSqlm) was one of the short comedies Frank McHugh made with “The Masquers Club of Hollywood”
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel #FrankMcHugh

For the record: Frank McHugh isn’t in “The Stolen Jools” (1931) but it was produced by the private social club “The Masquers Club of Hollywood” , who would also play a hand in making a few comedy shorts starring Frank McHugh in the early 1930s
#RetroView #TheMasquersClubOfHollywood #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh

For the record: Frank McHugh isn’t in “The Stolen Jools” (1931) but it was produced by the private social club “The Masquers Club of Hollywood” , who would also play a hand in making a few comedy shorts starring Frank McHugh in the early 1930s
#RetroView #TheMasquersClubOfHollywood #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh

For the record: Frank McHugh isn’t in “The Stolen Jools” (1931) but it was produced by the private social club “The Masquers Club of Hollywood” , who would also play a hand in making a few comedy shorts starring Frank McHugh in the early 1930s
#RetroView #TheMasquersClubOfHollywood #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh

For the record: Frank McHugh isn’t in “The Stolen Jools” (1931) but it was produced by the private social club “The Masquers Club of Hollywood” , who would also play a hand in making a few comedy shorts starring Frank McHugh in the early 1930s
#RetroView #TheMasquersClubOfHollywood #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh

For the record: Frank McHugh isn’t in “The Stolen Jools” (1931) but it was produced by the private social club “The Masquers Club of Hollywood” , who would also play a hand in making a few comedy shorts starring Frank McHugh in the early 1930s
#RetroView #TheMasquersClubOfHollywood #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh

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
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheStolenJools #PreCode

This print of “The Hot Spot” (1931) was restored from the only known 16mm copy
#RetroView #TheHotSpot #PreCodeApril #PreCode #FrankMcHugh

This print of “The Hot Spot” (1931) was restored from the only known 16mm copy
#RetroView #TheHotSpot #PreCodeApril #PreCode #FrankMcHugh

This print of “The Hot Spot” (1931) was restored from the only known 16mm copy
#RetroView #TheHotSpot #PreCodeApril #PreCode #FrankMcHugh

This print of “The Hot Spot” (1931) was restored from the only known 16mm copy
#RetroView #TheHotSpot #PreCodeApril #PreCode #FrankMcHugh

This print of “The Hot Spot” (1931) was restored from the only known 16mm copy
#RetroView #TheHotSpot #PreCodeApril #PreCode #FrankMcHugh

<5mins in and we’ve hit most of the Frank McHugh comedy tropes:

Playing a reporter or clergy or general degenerate ✅
The patented Frank McHugh Laugh™️✅
Kind of a dope ✅
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode

<5mins in and we’ve hit most of the Frank McHugh comedy tropes:

Playing a reporter or clergy or general degenerate ✅
The patented Frank McHugh Laugh™️✅
Kind of a dope ✅
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode

<5mins in and we’ve hit most of the Frank McHugh comedy tropes:

Playing a reporter or clergy or general degenerate ✅
The patented Frank McHugh Laugh™️✅
Kind of a dope ✅
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode

<5mins in and we’ve hit most of the Frank McHugh comedy tropes:

Playing a reporter or clergy or general degenerate ✅
The patented Frank McHugh Laugh™️✅
Kind of a dope ✅
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode

<5mins in and we’ve hit most of the Frank McHugh comedy tropes:

Playing a reporter or clergy or general degenerate ✅
The patented Frank McHugh Laugh™️✅
Kind of a dope ✅
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode

First up is “The Hot Spot” (1931) (https://youtu.be/TJerjayJnJ0?si=p5W48ZomKRY41dCx) which was one of a series of comedy shorts Frank McHugh made for RKO in the early 1930s
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode

First up is “The Hot Spot” (1931) (https://youtu.be/TJerjayJnJ0?si=p5W48ZomKRY41dCx) which was one of a series of comedy shorts Frank McHugh made for RKO in the early 1930s
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode

First up is “The Hot Spot” (1931) (https://youtu.be/TJerjayJnJ0?si=p5W48ZomKRY41dCx) which was one of a series of comedy shorts Frank McHugh made for RKO in the early 1930s
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode

First up is “The Hot Spot” (1931) (https://youtu.be/TJerjayJnJ0?si=p5W48ZomKRY41dCx) which was one of a series of comedy shorts Frank McHugh made for RKO in the early 1930s
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode

First up is “The Hot Spot” (1931) (https://youtu.be/TJerjayJnJ0?si=p5W48ZomKRY41dCx) which was one of a series of comedy shorts Frank McHugh made for RKO in the early 1930s
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode