Poster for the movie The Cuckoos

The Cuckoos (RKO, 1930)

Early Wheeler & Woolsey vehicle is flawed but nonetheless entertaining. The loosely constructed plot has the boys as phony fortune tellers who get involved with a wealthy woman and her daughter, a fortune-hunting nobleman, and also gypsies, but what plot there is serves more as a vehicle to move from musical number to musical number, with comic breaks. Worth a look for fans, but the shortcomings of early sound film production keep this one from standing out.

  Mildly recommended. Otto judiciously thinks this movie is OK, but not great.

Movie 82 for 2021.

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