Monkey Business
Summary:
Howard Hawks hoped to capture the screwball comic fervor of his 1938 film Bringing Up Baby with his 1952 comedy Monkey Business. As in the earlier film, Cary Grant stars as an absent-minded professor involved in a research project. This time he's a chemist seeking a "fountain of youth" formula that will revitalize middle-agers both mentally and physically. Though Grant's own ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Cary Grant - (Prof. Barnaby Fulton)
Ginger Rogers - (Edwina Fulton)
Charles Coburn - (Oliver Oxly)
Marilyn Monroe - (Lois Laurel)
Hugh Marlowe - (Hank Entwhistle)
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Review:
Not one of director Howard Hawks' top-ranked efforts, Monkey Business is still a very entertaining, if immensely silly piece of fluff. While the director's efforts may remind some of fellow director Frank Tashlin in its zaniness and non-stop inanity, it's still very much a Hawks film; the care he takes in setting up punchlines, the atte... Continue >>
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