April 27, 2026 at 8:07 PM
The music for “The Cocoanuts” stage show and film was composed by none other than Irving Berlin
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #IrvingBerlin #PreCodeApril #PreCode
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #IrvingBerlin #PreCodeApril #PreCode
April 25, 2026 at 9:23 PM
The music for “The Cocoanuts” stage show and film was composed by none other than Irving Berlin
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #IrvingBerlin #PreCodeApril #PreCode
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #IrvingBerlin #PreCodeApril #PreCode
The Marx Brothers did make a short in 1921 called “Humor Risk” but after being previewed once the film was never released and Groucho was rumored to have burnt the film negatives but who the fuck knows
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #comedy
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #comedy
April 25, 2026 at 9:16 PM
The Marx Brothers did make a short in 1921 called “Humor Risk” but after being previewed once the film was never released and Groucho was rumored to have burnt the film negatives but who the fuck knows
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #comedy
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #comedy
“The Cocoanuts” (1929) was Kay Francis’s second feature film and it was The Marx Brothers first “official” feature film.
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #KayFrancis #TheMarxBrothers #PreCodeApril #PreCode #comedy
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #KayFrancis #TheMarxBrothers #PreCodeApril #PreCode #comedy
April 25, 2026 at 8:53 PM
“The Cocoanuts” (1929) was Kay Francis’s second feature film and it was The Marx Brothers first “official” feature film.
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #KayFrancis #TheMarxBrothers #PreCodeApril #PreCode #comedy
#SatMat #TheCocoanuts #KayFrancis #TheMarxBrothers #PreCodeApril #PreCode #comedy
I was embarrassingly old before I realized that Groucho’s trademark eyebrows and mustache were grease paint 😶 BUT he did grow a real mustache later in life
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #GrouchoMarx #TheMarxBrothers #comedy #PreCode
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #GrouchoMarx #TheMarxBrothers #comedy #PreCode
April 25, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I was embarrassingly old before I realized that Groucho’s trademark eyebrows and mustache were grease paint 😶 BUT he did grow a real mustache later in life
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #GrouchoMarx #TheMarxBrothers #comedy #PreCode
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #GrouchoMarx #TheMarxBrothers #comedy #PreCode
“The Cocoanuts” began life as one of The Marx Brothers’ stage shows which also starred their frequent collaborator Margaret Dumont. She went on to be in 6 more of their films!
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #MargaretDumont #TheMarxBrothers #comedy #PreCode
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #MargaretDumont #TheMarxBrothers #comedy #PreCode
April 25, 2026 at 8:18 PM
“The Cocoanuts” began life as one of The Marx Brothers’ stage shows which also starred their frequent collaborator Margaret Dumont. She went on to be in 6 more of their films!
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #MargaretDumont #TheMarxBrothers #comedy #PreCode
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #MargaretDumont #TheMarxBrothers #comedy #PreCode
And now our feature presentation: “The Cocoanuts” (1929) staring Harpo, Chico, Groucho AND Zeppo Marx (youtu.be/9FxpREDf_l0?...)
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #PreCode
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #PreCode
April 25, 2026 at 8:04 PM
And now our feature presentation: “The Cocoanuts” (1929) staring Harpo, Chico, Groucho AND Zeppo Marx (youtu.be/9FxpREDf_l0?...)
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #PreCode
#SatMat #PreCodeApril #TheCocoanuts #TheMarxBrothers #PreCode
#PrecodeApril > Horror
Pre-code Hollywood gave us three memorable icons - and a new genre - with Dracula, The Mummy, and The Invisible Man.
#UniversalStudio #Horror #filmsky #precode
Pre-code Hollywood gave us three memorable icons - and a new genre - with Dracula, The Mummy, and The Invisible Man.
#UniversalStudio #Horror #filmsky #precode
April 24, 2026 at 7:35 PM
#PrecodeApril > Horror
Pre-code Hollywood gave us three memorable icons - and a new genre - with Dracula, The Mummy, and The Invisible Man.
#UniversalStudio #Horror #filmsky #precode
Pre-code Hollywood gave us three memorable icons - and a new genre - with Dracula, The Mummy, and The Invisible Man.
#UniversalStudio #Horror #filmsky #precode
And they lived high AF ever after. THE END!.. Thanks for tuning in! Join me next week when #SatMat closes out #PreCodeApril with the Marx Brothers in “The Cocoanuts” (1929) Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Please smoke responsibly💕
April 18, 2026 at 9:43 PM
And they lived high AF ever after. THE END!.. Thanks for tuning in! Join me next week when #SatMat closes out #PreCodeApril with the Marx Brothers in “The Cocoanuts” (1929) Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Please smoke responsibly💕
#PrecodeApril >Blondes do have more fun!
Celebrating the reigning sex symbols of the 1930s Jean Harlow & Mae West, who challenged the Hays Code, and their
working-class sisters Joan Blondell & Una Merkel, who provided plenty of laughs during the precode era.
#TCMParty #precode #filmsky
Celebrating the reigning sex symbols of the 1930s Jean Harlow & Mae West, who challenged the Hays Code, and their
working-class sisters Joan Blondell & Una Merkel, who provided plenty of laughs during the precode era.
#TCMParty #precode #filmsky
April 17, 2026 at 7:34 PM
#PrecodeApril >Blondes do have more fun!
Celebrating the reigning sex symbols of the 1930s Jean Harlow & Mae West, who challenged the Hays Code, and their
working-class sisters Joan Blondell & Una Merkel, who provided plenty of laughs during the precode era.
#TCMParty #precode #filmsky
Celebrating the reigning sex symbols of the 1930s Jean Harlow & Mae West, who challenged the Hays Code, and their
working-class sisters Joan Blondell & Una Merkel, who provided plenty of laughs during the precode era.
#TCMParty #precode #filmsky
For the record, I pulled “Extra! Extra!” (1931), another RKO Frank McHugh comedy short, b/c the sound was noticeably more wonky than the other films on the playlist. You can check it out for free here (youtu.be/fol8Tu3EE30?...)
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #ExtraExtra #FrankMcHugh
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #ExtraExtra #FrankMcHugh
April 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM
For the record, I pulled “Extra! Extra!” (1931), another RKO Frank McHugh comedy short, b/c the sound was noticeably more wonky than the other films on the playlist. You can check it out for free here (youtu.be/fol8Tu3EE30?...)
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #ExtraExtra #FrankMcHugh
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #ExtraExtra #FrankMcHugh
Our final comedy short is “The Wide Open Spaces” (1931) (youtu.be/cG7XRyUp0QI?...) which was another film Frank McHugh made with “The Masquers Club of Hollywood”..again, sorry about Richard Carlyle as the waking nightmare that is “The Masquer”
#RetroView #TheWideOpenSpaces #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh
#RetroView #TheWideOpenSpaces #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh
April 16, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Our final comedy short is “The Wide Open Spaces” (1931) (youtu.be/cG7XRyUp0QI?...) which was another film Frank McHugh made with “The Masquers Club of Hollywood”..again, sorry about Richard Carlyle as the waking nightmare that is “The Masquer”
#RetroView #TheWideOpenSpaces #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh
#RetroView #TheWideOpenSpaces #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh
Few things are more ominous than 6 men wearing hats showing up
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel
April 16, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Few things are more ominous than 6 men wearing hats showing up
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel
This is by far the nicest I’ve ever seen Frank McHugh dressed in any thing
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel
April 16, 2026 at 11:21 PM
This is by far the nicest I’ve ever seen Frank McHugh dressed in any thing
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel
Back to Frank McHugh? BACK TO FRANK MCHUGH!. “The Great Junction Hotel” (1931) (youtu.be/tngru2K-tOk?...) was one of the short comedies Frank McHugh made with “The Masquers Club of Hollywood”
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel #FrankMcHugh
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel #FrankMcHugh
April 16, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Back to Frank McHugh? BACK TO FRANK MCHUGH!. “The Great Junction Hotel” (1931) (youtu.be/tngru2K-tOk?...) was one of the short comedies Frank McHugh made with “The Masquers Club of Hollywood”
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel #FrankMcHugh
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheGreatJunctionHotel #FrankMcHugh
Next up is “The Stolen Jools” (1931) (youtu.be/Y0GSQpZu7AQ?...) which is stuffed with some of the biggest stars of the stage & screen of the 1920s and early 1930s to raise funds for the National Vaudeville Artists Tuberculosis Sanitarium
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheStolenJools #PreCode
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheStolenJools #PreCode
April 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Next up is “The Stolen Jools” (1931) (youtu.be/Y0GSQpZu7AQ?...) which is stuffed with some of the biggest stars of the stage & screen of the 1920s and early 1930s to raise funds for the National Vaudeville Artists Tuberculosis Sanitarium
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheStolenJools #PreCode
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheStolenJools #PreCode
This print of “The Hot Spot” (1931) was restored from the only known 16mm copy
#RetroView #TheHotSpot #PreCodeApril #PreCode #FrankMcHugh
#RetroView #TheHotSpot #PreCodeApril #PreCode #FrankMcHugh
April 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM
This print of “The Hot Spot” (1931) was restored from the only known 16mm copy
#RetroView #TheHotSpot #PreCodeApril #PreCode #FrankMcHugh
#RetroView #TheHotSpot #PreCodeApril #PreCode #FrankMcHugh
<5mins in and we’ve hit most of the Frank McHugh comedy tropes:
Playing a reporter or clergy or general degenerate ✅
The patented Frank McHugh Laugh™️✅
Kind of a dope ✅
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode
Playing a reporter or clergy or general degenerate ✅
The patented Frank McHugh Laugh™️✅
Kind of a dope ✅
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode
April 16, 2026 at 10:37 PM
<5mins in and we’ve hit most of the Frank McHugh comedy tropes:
Playing a reporter or clergy or general degenerate ✅
The patented Frank McHugh Laugh™️✅
Kind of a dope ✅
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode
Playing a reporter or clergy or general degenerate ✅
The patented Frank McHugh Laugh™️✅
Kind of a dope ✅
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode
First up is “The Hot Spot” (1931) (youtu.be/TJerjayJnJ0?...) which was one of a series of comedy shorts Frank McHugh made for RKO in the early 1930s
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode
April 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM
First up is “The Hot Spot” (1931) (youtu.be/TJerjayJnJ0?...) which was one of a series of comedy shorts Frank McHugh made for RKO in the early 1930s
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode
#RetroView #PreCodeApril #TheHotSpot #FrankMcHugh #PreCode
I’m crying! You’re Crying! We’re all crying b/c of that perfectly bittersweet ending💔..Thanks for tuning in! Join me tomorrow when #RetroView continues our #PreCodeApril salute to Frank McHugh with comedy shorts featuring him (info⤵️) .. Enjoy the the rest of your Wednesday night, #MusComEnt friends💕
Mid-Week Watch Parties
#PreCodeApril Frank McHugh Week!
Wed. @ 6pm EST/5pm CST- #MusComEnt. “Havana Widows” (1933) (ok.ru/video/272888...) & “One Way Passage” (1932) (ok.ru/video/693520...)
Thurs. @ 6:30pm EST/5:30pm CST- #RetroView. #PreCode Comedy Shorts! (youtube.com/playlist?lis...)
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#PreCodeApril Frank McHugh Week!
Wed. @ 6pm EST/5pm CST- #MusComEnt. “Havana Widows” (1933) (ok.ru/video/272888...) & “One Way Passage” (1932) (ok.ru/video/693520...)
Thurs. @ 6:30pm EST/5:30pm CST- #RetroView. #PreCode Comedy Shorts! (youtube.com/playlist?lis...)
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April 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I’m crying! You’re Crying! We’re all crying b/c of that perfectly bittersweet ending💔..Thanks for tuning in! Join me tomorrow when #RetroView continues our #PreCodeApril salute to Frank McHugh with comedy shorts featuring him (info⤵️) .. Enjoy the the rest of your Wednesday night, #MusComEnt friends💕
I love this moment between Frank McHugh and Aline MacMahon in “One Way Passage” (1932)
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #OneWayPassage
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #OneWayPassage
April 15, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I love this moment between Frank McHugh and Aline MacMahon in “One Way Passage” (1932)
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #OneWayPassage
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #OneWayPassage
Just jumping on a boat to another side of the world without tickets .. things were crazy before there were non-murder related laws
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #OneWayPassage
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #OneWayPassage
April 15, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Just jumping on a boat to another side of the world without tickets .. things were crazy before there were non-murder related laws
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #OneWayPassage
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #OneWayPassage
I know I show “One Way Passage” (1932) every year for #PreCodeApril but it’s one of my absolute favorite films ever so… I’ll always find a way to show this for #PreCodeApril
#MusComEnt
#MusComEnt
April 15, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I know I show “One Way Passage” (1932) every year for #PreCodeApril but it’s one of my absolute favorite films ever so… I’ll always find a way to show this for #PreCodeApril
#MusComEnt
#MusComEnt
April 15, 2026 at 10:57 PM
And the man of the hour: Frank McHugh, who was from a theatrical family. He struck out on his own in 1930 and quickly made his way into film & later TV, where he easily cornered the market on being the (often tipsy) comic relief
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh #PreCode
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh #PreCode
April 15, 2026 at 10:30 PM
And the man of the hour: Frank McHugh, who was from a theatrical family. He struck out on his own in 1930 and quickly made his way into film & later TV, where he easily cornered the market on being the (often tipsy) comic relief
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh #PreCode
#MusComEnt #PreCodeApril #FrankMcHugh #PreCode