A real early one for vaudeville team Wheeler and Woolsey. and oh. my. god. SOOOOO many song and dance numbers. each time we go into another song, the reel has been colorized, and they show cuckoos in a cuckoo clock. Personallyl, i would have preferred a stronger, tighter script, and less singing, but that's a personal preference. There ARE a couple really clever bits in here, and of course, they play around with word phrasing. and also show some flesh on the dancing girls. This was only 1930, so even though most of the film takes place in mexico (theoretically), the costumes really are quite skimpy. Co-stars Dorothy Lee and Jobyna Howland. it's pretty good if you stick with it to the end, very similar to a Marx brothers film. lots of horsing around and a love story in between the chases, falls, and knife fights. Directed by Paul Sloane, who had worked with Edison from the earlly days, then moved to other studios. Pretty good. can't go wrong with a Wheeler and Woolsey film.
Review of The Cuckoos
