The Cocoanuts
Paramount's All Talking Musicomedy Sensation
ComedyMusicbased on play or musicalslapstick comedyblack and whitejewel thiefpre-codereal estatehotel businessdancing girls
A high-spirited, anarchic slapstick musical comedy where the Marx Brothers wreak havoc on a Florida hotel with rapid-fire gags, musical numbers, and absurdist humor.
During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.
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