Cocoanut Grove (film)
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Director Alfred Santell Production Paramount Pictures Duration Language English | 6.6/10 Genre Comedy, Musical, Romance Music director Leo Shuken, John Leipold Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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.
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