The Cocoanuts (1929)





During the Florida land boom, The Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves.


Vintage magazines

Photoplay , May 1929
Photoplay , June 1929

Books with substantial mentioning of The Cocoanuts

Wayne Koestenbaum
The anatomy of Harpo Marx
Berkeley, 2012

Glenn Mitchell
The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia
London, 1996

Edwin M. Bradley
The first Hollywood musicals, A critical filmography of 171 features, 1927 through 1932
Jefferson, N.C., 1996
pp. 78-81 info

Jerry Vermilye
The Films of the Twenties
Secaucus, NJ, 1985

Books with an entry on The Cocoanuts

Larry Langman and David Ebner
Hollywood's Image of the South, A Century of Southern Films
Westport, Connecticut - London, 2001