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Director
  
Alfred Santell

Production
  
Paramount Pictures

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Musical, Romance

Music director
  
Leo Shuken, John Leipold

Country
  
United States

Cocoanut Grove (film) movie poster

Release date
  
May 20, 1938 (1938-05-20)

Writer
  
Sy Bartlett (screenplay), Sy Bartlett (story), Olive Cooper (screenplay), Olive Cooper (story)

Cast
  
Fred MacMurray
(Johnny Prentice),
Harriet Hilliard
(Linda Rogers),
Ben Blue
(Joe De Lemma),
Eve Arden
(Sophie De Lemma),
Rufe Davis
(Bibb Tucker),
Billy Lee
(Half Pint)

Related Alfred Santell movies
  
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934), Winterset (1936), Aloma of the South Seas (1941), Our Leading Citizen (1939)

Tagline
  
High Riding Romance ! - At The Rendezvous of the Stars !

Cocoanut Grove is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Alfred Santell and written by Sy Bartlett and Olive Cooper. The film stars Fred MacMurray, Harriet Hilliard, Ben Blue, Eve Arden, Rufe Davis, Billy Lee and George Walcott. The film was released on May 20, 1938, by Paramount Pictures.

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Plot

Johnny Prentice, a bandleader in Chicago with a bad temper, alienates some of his musicians and is in danger of losing custody of Half Pint, his son. He hires Linda Rogers to be the boy's tutor.

After being encouraged by Linda to pursue his dream of playing at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles, they pack up friend Dixie's new trailer and head west. At a trailer park, they run into Hula Harry and hear a song he's composed. To his amazement, Johnny discovers that not only is Harry very talented, Linda is, too.

The trailer breaks down in Kansas, but the good news is that garage owner Bibb Tucker is a talented fellow as well. He is invited to tag along. When the group reaches L.A., the club date has mistakenly gone to another band. Worse yet, Johnny's apparent flirtation with Hazel De Vore leads to Linda boarding a bus and leaving for home.

Discovering the mistake, Johnny's musicians take matters into their own hands and keep the other band captive, Johnny goes after Linda and gets her back in time for that night's show.

Cast

  • Fred MacMurray as Johnny Prentice
  • Harriet Hilliard as Linda Rogers
  • Ben Blue as Joe De Lemma
  • Eve Arden as Sophie De Lemma
  • Rufe Davis as Bibb Tucker
  • Billy Lee as Half Pint
  • George Walcott as Tony Wonder
  • Virginia Vale as Hazel De Vore
  • Red Stanley as Dixie
  • Harry Owens as Hula Harry
  • Ellen Drew as Radio Station Receptionist
  • Randy Oness as Band Singer
  • Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiians as Royal Hawaiian Orchestra
  • The Yacht Club Boys as Singing Quartette
  • References

    Cocoanut Grove (film) Wikipedia
    Cocoanut Grove (film) IMDb Cocoanut Grove (film) themoviedb.org