The Cocoanuts

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In the literature32 passages

Sam Harris, who produced 32 musicals on Broadway, was also associated with Irving Berlin on The Cocoanuts, Face the Music, and As Thousands Cheer. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p61

The Cocoanuts ran for 375 performances—spectacular for the 1920s. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p21

The Marx Brothers starred in Berlin’s next show, The Cocoanuts (12/8/25). The show didn’t contain any standout songs but, rather went down in his- tory as a hysterical Marx Brothers film. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p89

In 1925 the Oppenheimer Brothers assumed management of the theater. IRving Berlin supplied the score to the madcap musical comedy The Cocoanuts (12/8/25; 375 performances). Along with the Marx Brothers, the show featured the Brox Sisters and the Brothers’ constant foil, Margaret Dumont. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p346

Published Songs The Monkey Doodle Doo [1st]—different than song from THE COCOANUTS [December 8, 1925]. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p70

Too Many Sweethearts—cut; for initial publication see THE COCOANUTS [December 8, 1925] book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p76

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