Word: cocoanuts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...many lorgnettes, but still fun: The Cocoanut Grove specializes in liquor and a floor show. Dancing isn't too marvelous. . . . The Brown Derby-about the same as the foregoing-a little less expensive. . . The Casa Manana nice setting with good music and food make this a good bet. Probably will be crowded as it isn't murderous in its prices. . . . The Mayfair: about the same as the others, a little noisier, and more expensive. . . Crawford House-to be avoided if possible. Slumming that isn't even fun. . . By the way, we almost forgot the two swanker of the Boston night...
...families back home for a "loan" of $50. Some parents anted up, others said it was the next thing to kidnapping. To molify his charges, who were growing testy, Mr. Rose then trucked them down the coast to Hollywood, presented each girl with a corsage, engaged tables for a Cocoanut Grove dinner dance. His profit from this little party was $2,500. It almost was more: instead of paying the bill he persuaded a caravaneer to pay it with a bum check. Only after the hotel had detained them both two days did Promoter Rose come across with the money...
...Cocoanut Grove (Paramount) suggests that the modern song of the road will probably be attuned to touring trailers, and sung in mechanized caravansaries known as "motels." But Cocoanut Grove, a tale of the peregrinations of a sweet & dreamy Hollywood-bound dance band, trailer-towed on a shoestring from Chicago, has many a flat tire, never exceeds the speed limit...
...Metropolitan's current bill, courtesy of Paramount, blends a musical and a drama into a thoroughly interesting program. "Cocoanut Grove" deals with the difficulties of a band-leader (Fred MacMurray) in getting a mate for himself and a job for the boys. The latter is taken care of when he lands in the Grove--an inaccurate replica of the Ambassador's famous ballroom--and the former when he wins the hand of Harriet Hilliard. A plot like this calls for strong support, and this is not lacking. Eve Arden and Ben Blue do an excellent burlesque of ballroom dancing...
...Anderson planted three cocoanut palms there and the U. S. Geographical Survey finally put it on charts, but not until transoceanic aviation suddenly zoomed into commercial and military importance in 1935 did the U. S. formally claim jurisdiction over Kingman Reef. Some 1,100 miles from Honolulu, this coral atoll is part of the Territory of Hawaii, is in the exact geographical centre of the Pacific. Its five-mile horseshoe is awash at high-tide except for one patch of sand. But the barrier breaks the combers, provides a quiet lagoon which is a mid-ocean lake, perfect...