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Auction History Result 3j0340 COCOANUTS 8.25x10 still 1929 Kay Francis w/ Groucho, Chico, Harpo & Zeppo Marx, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/20/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 8 1/4" x 10" [21 x 25 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) The Cocoanuts, the 1929 Robert Florey & Joseph Santley Florida hotel crime musical screwball comedy ("A Paramount Talking & Singing Production"; with music by Irving Berlin; the Marx Bros run a hotel in Florida during the great land rush of the 1920s) starring The Marx Brothers (Groucho Marx, Zeppo Marx, Harpo Marx, and Chico Marx), Oscar Shaw, Mary Eaton, Cyril Ring, Kay Francis, and Margaret Dumont. Note that this was The Marx Bros. first movie, and Paramount did not feel certain they would be successful, so a large portion of the advertising did not show the Marx Brothers! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: What a wonderful still this is! Not only does it show all four Marx Brothers and Margaret Dumont, but it also has Kay Francis as well! ANY stills from The Cocoanuts are extremely rare, but ones like this are beyond rare! Note that this still has a stamp on the back that reads "JAMES CARD COLLECTION". James Card was a film preservationist who, starting in 1948, worked at the newly created George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, and he helped build their massive motion picture collection, preserving movies that had been forgotten at that time. In 1955, he discovered that Louise Brooks was living as a recluse in New York City, and he persuaded her to move to Rochester, where she wrote many letters and some books about her legendary career! Condition: very good to fine. The still is in really excellent condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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