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The Cuckoos (1930) is an American Pre-Code musical comedy film, released by RKO Radio Pictures and partially filmed in two-strip Technicolor. Directed by Paul Sloane, the screenplay was adapted by Cyrus Wood, from the Broadway musical, The Ramblers, by Guy Bolton, Bert Kalmar, and Harry Ruby. It starred Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, and although they had appeared on Broadway and in other films together (most notably RKO's Rio Rita the year before), this was their first time starring as a team. The success of this picture, combined with Rio Rita being their most successful film of 1929, convinced the studio to headline them as the comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey, through 1937.
Original Release
05/04/1930
US Release
05/04/1930
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bert Wheeler | Sparrow |
Robert Woolsey | Professor Cunningham / Prof. Cunningham |
Dorothy Lee | Anita |
Jobyna Howland | Fannie Furst |
Hugh Trevor | Billy Shannon |
June Clyde | Ruth Chester |
Ivan Lebedeff | Baron de Camp |
Marguerita Padula | Gypsy Queen |
Mitchell Lewis | Julius |
Raymond Maurel | Gypsy Singer |
Directors
Writers
Guy Bolton, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Cyrus Wood, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bert Wheeler | Sparrow |
Robert Woolsey | Professor Cunningham / Prof. Cunningham |
Dorothy Lee | Anita |
Jobyna Howland | Fannie Furst |
Hugh Trevor | Billy Shannon |
June Clyde | Ruth Chester |
Ivan Lebedeff | Baron de Camp |
Marguerita Padula | Gypsy Queen |
Mitchell Lewis | Julius |
Raymond Maurel | Gypsy Singer |
Lita Chevret | Slot Machine Señorita |
Bill Elliott | Party Guest |
Audree Henderson | Flapper |
Bob Kortman | Gypsy |
Kalla Pasha | Hotheaded Cowboy |
Betty Recklaw | Flapper |
Dick Rush | Border Inspector |
Hector V. Sarno | Tamale Vendor |
Harry Semels | Gypsy |
Producers
Name | Role |
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William LeBaron | Producer |
Louis Sarecky | Producer |