| The Cuckoos | |
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| Directed by | Paul Sloane |
| Written by | Cyrus Wood |
| Based on | The Ramblers by Guy Bolton Bert Kalmar Harry Ruby[1][2][3] |
| Produced by | William LeBaron Louis Sarecky[1] |
| Starring | Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey[1] |
| Cinematography | Nicholas Musuraca[1] |
| Edited by | Arthur Roberts[4] |
| Music by | Victor Baravalle[1] |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $407,000[5] |
| Box office | $863,000[5] |
The Cuckoos is a 1930 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 1926 Broadway musical The Ramblers by Guy Bolton, Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. The film stars Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, and while 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.[3][2]
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- ^ "The Cuckoos, Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on June 25, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
- ^ a b Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p55