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Palm Beach? The Atlantic City of yesterday? The slums of tomorrow?

3 seconds sound clip from the The Cocoanuts (1929) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:17:38.590 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Florida feeds the nation, but nobody feeds me and that's what I wanna talk to you about.

- Another thing, take our cattle raising. I don't mean anything personal. But here is the ideal cattle raising section. We have longhorns, shorthorns and shoehorns.

- Mr. Hammer, will you let me say something, please?

- I hardly think so, and there's something else I wanna bring to your mind.

- Where will you be when you're 65? That's only about three months from now.

- If I were to buy, I should prefer someplace like Palm Beach.

- Palm Beach? The Atlantic City of yesterday? The slums of tomorrow?

- Do you know that the population of Cocoanut Beach has doubled in the past week?

- Has it?

- Three bulldogs were born. We're expecting a nanny goat in the morning.

- I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I must be going.

- Aw, now, don't go. Before you go, let me show you a sample of our sewer pipe we're gonna lay. Look at it. Nobody could fool you on a sewer pipe, can they, a woman like you?

- Now this is the eight-inch pipe. But of course, all property owners will be allowed to vote on the size of their pipe.

- In case of a tie, it goes to the Supreme Court, and I can give you a little inside information in advance.

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The Cocoanuts (1929) Sound Clip

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Actors: Groucho Marx (Mr. Hammer), Chico Marx (Chico), Zeppo Marx (Jamison), Harpo Marx (Harpo), Margaret Dumont (Mrs. Potter)

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