The Cocoanuts

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American film film musical comedy film

The Cocoanuts is a 1929 musical comedy film featuring the Marx Brothers in one of their earliest screen appearances, known for its rapid-fire wordplay and slapstick humor set in a Florida hotel during a land boom.

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Label Occurrences
The Cocoanuts canonical 8
The Cocoanuts (1925 Broadway musical) 1
The Cocoanuts (film) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
musical comedy film ⓘ
basedOn The Cocoanuts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Cocoanuts (1925 Broadway musical)
basedOnWorkBy George S. Kaufman ⓘ
Morrie Ryskind ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Joseph Santley ⓘ
Robert Florey ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
era Pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: pre-Code Hollywood
features rapid-fire wordplay ⓘ
slapstick humor ⓘ
featuresCharacter Chico ⓘ
Harpo Marx ⓘ
surface form: Harpo

Mr. Hammer ⓘ
Zeppo Marx ⓘ
surface form: Zeppo
filmingProcess early sound-on-film technology ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
slapstick comedy ⓘ
hasMarxBrothersFilmographyPosition first released Marx Brothers feature film ⓘ
hasSong Monkey-Doodle-Doo ⓘ
Monkey-Doodle-Doo ⓘ
surface form: The Monkey-Doodle-Doo

When My Dreams Come True ⓘ
musicBy Irving Berlin ⓘ
notableFor one of the earliest Marx Brothers feature films ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Walter Wanger ⓘ
productionCompany Famous Players–Lasky Corporation ⓘ
surface form: Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
releaseDate 1929-05-23 ⓘ
releaseYear 1929 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 96 ⓘ
screenwriter George S. Kaufman ⓘ
Morrie Ryskind ⓘ
settingLocation Florida ⓘ
Florida hotel ⓘ
starring Chico Marx ⓘ
Groucho Marx ⓘ
Harpo Marx ⓘ
Kay Francis ⓘ
Mary Eaton ⓘ
Oscar Shaw ⓘ
Zeppo Marx ⓘ

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Marx Brothers → notableWork → The Cocoanuts ⓘ
Harpo Marx → notableWork → The Cocoanuts ⓘ
George S. Kaufman → notableWork → The Cocoanuts ⓘ
Mark Sandrich → notableWork → The Cocoanuts ⓘ
Bert Kalmar → notableWork → The Cocoanuts ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cocoanuts (film)
Robert Florey → notableWork → The Cocoanuts ⓘ
Animal Crackers → follows → The Cocoanuts ⓘ
The Cocoanuts → basedOn → The Cocoanuts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cocoanuts (1925 Broadway musical)
Zeppo Marx → filmography → The Cocoanuts ⓘ
Morrie Ryskind → notableWork → The Cocoanuts ⓘ