AT THE MUNICIPAL.
"Your eyes — your eyes! They shine like the pants of a blue serge suits," is a typical example ofthe style of humour in "The Cocoanuts," an(d if you like your humour incongruously funny you are sure to enjoy that talkie, the first to be shown at the Municipal Theatre, Hastings. A full house and a most commendable absence of rustling paper bags added much to the pleasures of hearing and seeing "The Cocoanuts," in which the four Marx brothers are the starring partners. Their antics are of the non-stop variety, but interspers'ed are moments of pure artistry. A half-witted looking one is a positive genius on the saxophone and harp ; the one with whom he is most associated plays the piano wonderfully well and in a comieally unorthodox sytle, while of the other two one is a i;eally humorous patter ai*tist and the other -a passable singer. The story of the picture is decidedly weak, but, on the other hand, it is quite as good as that of the average musical comedy. The recurring song, "When My Dreams Come True," is nicely sung by Mary Eaton, but her speciality is dancing. "Cocoanuts -makes its final appearance to-night. x
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 46, 26 March 1930, Page 5
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201AT THE MUNICIPAL. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 46, 26 March 1930, Page 5
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