Monkey Business (1952)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Howard Hawks

Writers:

Ben Hecht (screenplay) &
Charles Lederer (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

September 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Barnaby Fulton is a research chemist working on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. While trying a sample dose on himself...

Plot Keywords:

Water Cooler | Youth | Chemist | Water | Boss

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Cast

Cary Grant	...	Dr. Barnaby Fulton
Ginger Rogers	...	Mrs. Edwina Fulton
Charles Coburn	...	Mr. Oliver Oxley
Marilyn Monroe	...	Miss Lois Laurel
Hugh Marlowe	...	Hank Entwhistle
Henri Letondal	...	Dr. Jerome Kitzel
Robert Cornthwaite	...	Dr. Zoldeck
Larry Keating	...	G.J. Culverly
Douglas Spencer	...	Dr. Brunner
Esther Dale	...	Mrs. Rhinelander
George Winslow	...	Little Indian

Also Known As:

Howard Hawks' Monkey Business (UK) (complete title) (USA) (complete title)
Be Your Age
Darling I Am Growing Younger (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (certificate #15862) | Canada:G (video rating) | UK:U (video rating) (1989) | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U (passed with cuts) | West Germany:12 | Spain:T

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The address that Edwina gives when she calls the police was Ginger Rogers' real-life address: 1605 Gilcrest.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: After Hugh Marlowe has been "scalped", he is wearing a 'mohawk skull cap' which wrinkles up when he turns his head.

Quotes:

Barnaby: Sodium ascorbate. 3,000 milligrams. You keep quiet Esther.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1987)

Soundtrack:

The Whiffenpoof Song

Screwball comedy with magnificent interpretations by Grant and Rogers

The picture centers upon a scientist and his wife(Gary Grant and Ginger Rogers), he discovers a potion with extraordinary effects making younger themselves. He is testing the rejuvenating formula on a chimp turning nutty . This film is an underlying screwball united to : ¨Bringing up baby¨, ¨Ball of fire¨ and ¨His girl Friday¨, all are by the trio : Gary Grant-Gary Cooper-Howard Hawks and they are splendid.

In the movie there are comedy ,tongue in cheek ,joy ,giggles and is pretty amusing . From the initiation to the final the humor is unstopped . Gary Grant and Ginger Rogers interpretation are top notch , both are awesome comedy actors . Ginger Rogers is the number one as dancer actress, besides a fascinating comedian and she obtained an Oscar Academy award as main actress for her portrayal in ¨Kitty Foyle, natural history of a woman¨. The support cast is first range, are the veteran Charles Coburn and a newcomer Marilyn Monroe who at her playing as attractive and charming secretary demonstrates experience like future first star . Excellent storyline by Ben Hetch and L.A.I. Diamond , they're Billy Wilder's habitual writers . Howard Hawks' direction is very good , Hawks has classics on every genre , thus: noir genre(The big sleep),Western(Rio Bravo) and comedy(Monkey business). The yarn will appeal to comedy enthusiastic and Gary Grant fans. Rating: Above average. Well worth seeing.