MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Up 46,608 this week

The Cuckoos (1930)

97 min  -  Comedy | Musical  -   4 May 1930 (USA)
6.6
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 6.6/10 from 88 users  
Reviews: 6 user | 2 critic

Two phony fortune tellers get mixed up with gypsies.

Director:

Paul Sloane

Writers:

Guy Bolton (book), Bert Kalmar (book), and 3 more credits »
 Loading+Watchlist

Connect with IMDb


Pre-Order the Kindle Fire
Edit

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Bert Wheeler Bert Wheeler ...
Sparrow
Robert Woolsey Robert Woolsey ...
Professor Cunningham
Dorothy Lee Dorothy Lee ...
Anita
Jobyna Howland Jobyna Howland ...
Fannie Furst
Hugh Trevor Hugh Trevor ...
Billy Shannon
June Clyde June Clyde ...
Ruth Chester
Ivan Lebedeff Ivan Lebedeff ...
Baron de Camp
Marguerita Padula Marguerita Padula ...
Gypsy Queen
Mitchell Lewis Mitchell Lewis ...
Julius
Raymond Maurel Raymond Maurel ...
Gypsy Singer
Edit

Storyline

Fake fortune teller Professor Bird and his assistant Sparrow are in a Mexican resort near a gambling casino. Sparrow has fallen for Anita, an American girl who has lived with gypsies since she was four. But the gypsy leader Julius also wants her, and is willing to get her at any cost. Also at the casino are Miss Furst and her niece Ruth, who loves aviator Billy, but Miss Furst wants her to marry the Baron. But the Baron is only after Ruth's money. Miss Furst is very interested in contacting her late husband and hires Bird, especially after he helped her getting back her purse that was stolen by Julius. The Baron teams up with the Gypsies, after he noticed that Ruth and Billy are secretly engaged and has her kidnapped. Anita, who followed Sparrow is also taken back to Mexico. Billy, Bird and Sparrow start of to Mexico on their separate ways to free their girls, but it's not so easy... Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>  

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Genres:

Comedy | Musical

Edit

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

RKO Radio Pictures See more »
Show detailed company contact information on IMDbPro »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone System)

Color:

Black and White  | Color (2-strip Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1
See full technical specs »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

Three songs were written for the movie but were not used: "Knock Knees" (Music by Harry Ruby & Lyrics by Bert Kalmar), "Looking for the Lovelight in Your Eyes" (Music by Harry Ruby & Lyrics by Bert Kalmar) and "If I Were a Traveling Salesman" (Music by Joe Burke & Lyrics by Al Dubin). The songs were used in Top Speed See more »

Quotes

Professor Cunningham: Do you know why I love you?
Fannie Furst: No...
Professor Cunningham: It's because you smell so sweet.
Fannie Furst: That's because I always have violets in my bath. You should, too.
Professor Cunningham: I would, but I don't know Violet!
See more »

Connections

Referenced in The Lady Consents (1936) See more »

Soundtracks

"Tomorrow Never Comes"
(1930) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Ruby
Lyrics by Bert Kalmar
Sung by Raymond Maurel with chorus See more »