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The Cuckoos

1930 · 97 min · US

Directed by Paul Sloane

Paul Sloane, distributor = RKO Radio Pictures, 1930. Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, and Dorothy Lee in the leads. Directed by Paul Sloane, the screenplay was adapted by Cyrus Wood from the 1926 Broadway musical The Ramblers by Guy Bolton, Bert Kalmar, and Harry Ruby. The film stars Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, and while they had appeared on Broadway and in other films together (most notably RKO's Rio Rita the year before), this was their first starring vehicle. US 1929/30 title; renewal not checked title-by-title. About 97 minutes; Wikimedia Commons print.

Comedy

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1930 · Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Public Domain Source

Wikimedia Commons · FM-49 ingest; wikimedia full video

Video: Paul Sloane · Credit: Wheeler & Woolsey: RKO Comedy Classics Collection Volume 2 · Public domain · Source: File page

Cast & Crew

Paul Sloane · DirectorBert Wheeler · SparrowRobert Woolsey · Prof. Cunningham

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Cast

Principal players
B

Bert Wheeler

Sparrow

R

Robert Woolsey

Prof. Cunningham

D

Dorothy Lee

Anita

J

Jobyna Howland

Fannie Furst

H

Hugh Trevor

Billy Shannon

Crew

Roscoe Arbuckle

writer

Cyrus Wood

writer

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