"Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove" is a 20-minute documentary from 1934, so this one is already over 80 years old and the most astonishing thing perhaps is that it is still a color film. The title describes the contents perfectly I guess. It was filmed at Cocoanut grove in Los Angeles and featured some of the biggest stars back then appearing briefly in front of the camera or maybe even a bit longer. Most of the people you see in here are long forgotten, but there are actually also a couple names included that are still considered icons today like Mary Pickford, Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper and 2 or 3 more perhaps. So this is a decent watch for everybody who had a great interest in the days of cinema almost a century ago as these audience members will be rewarded by seeing many faces they will consider familiar. But everybody else really does not have to see it. The hosting, comedy and music may have been solid for the 1930s, but it really does not bode too well with today's standards and lets be honest: when it comes to this decade, nothing beats animation probably and certainly not this live action short film that runs for a third of an hour. It's not a failure, but very unimpressive nonetheless and I give it a thumbs-down.
