Talk:The CooCoo Nut Grove

Jean Harlow

Where does a caricature of Jean Harlow appear in this cartoon? Jtyroler (talk) 03:40, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

The only possibility is the shot of stars at tables before Ben Birdie opens the show. I think Bette Davis is at a table on the left and there's a blonde who could be Harlow at a table on the right. Doesn't look much like her though and I think the identification tenuous in the extreme. I changed the page to add Ned Sparks. aldiboronti (talk) 18:00, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Lupe Vélez, or Maureen O'Sullivan?

IMDB mentions Lupe Vélez and I think I spotted her across from Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller), to whom she was married at the time. But in the DVD box set (Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol 3, disk 2), in the audio commentary by Michael Barrier, he says this is Maureen O'Sullivan, who played Jane opposite Tarzan in the contemporary series of films. Not having much else to go on: In the cartoon she is depicted with a darker skin tone (darker than Weissmuller in make-up at any rate), and very prominent teeth. Still images of O'Sullivan from the films seem to show her skin as much lighter than Tarzan's, which would also seem to fit the plots. The teeth seem inconclusive, judging from other still images, and the then very popular hairstyle even less so. Which woman is it in the cartoon? Jxh (talk) 05:35, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

I agree it is Lupe Velez. Lupe Velez and Weissmuller were married the 1930s and were known for their mutually aggressive fights (sometimes at nightclubs), so the "satire" shown in the cartoon of them chasing each other makes sense as well. (See "The Turbulent Life and Tragic Death of 'Mexican Spitfire' Lupe Velez,' Los Angeles Magazine, Feb 8, 2018[1]) Jboud (talk) 23:43, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

I vaguely recall (but can't cite) a cartoon in _The New Yorker Album, 1925-1950_ that depicts Vélez in caricature, with those teeth and (possibly) that hair. I wonder if Thornton Hee read, or even contributed to, The New Yorker. Jxh (talk) 05:41, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Found the image (featuring Lupe and Bert Lahr, for the 1932 play _Hot Cha!_) and can scan it, but where should it be hosted? And is it still under copyright? The teeth and the hair are clearly similar to those in this film. Jxh (talk) 16:24, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Plot

The plot doesn't really talk about the plot, but the cast. NightFall60 (talk) 13:47, 16 February 2021 (UTC)