Before and after the films abovetitle cast credits, there is a shot of cary grant coming out of a house, and an offscreen voice tells him not yet. Research chemist barnaby fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. Needless to say, monkey business, which arrived at the roxy yesterday, is not a. This film is n ot to be confused with another comedy from hollywoods blackandwhite era, 1951s monkey business with cary grant, ginger rogers, and marilyn monroe.
Monkey business 1952 wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Compiled by ray hamel, wprc special collections librarian. Classic comedy from howard hawks, a master of screwball fast, witty scripts, breathless pace and, unsurprisingly, oddball characters. Overall, the picture appeared acceptable for a 50yearold film, but it never exceeded that level of quality. Howard hawks screwball comedy, monkey business 1952, is a case in point. May 30, 2019 the absurd plot of monkey business also kicks into gear via an animal that gets referenced in the title baby, in case you havent seen the first film, was a troublemaking leopard.
In the movie there are comedy, tongueincheek, joy, giggles and is pretty amusing. Monkey business, with marilyn monroe and cary grant. It benefits from been better thought overall with a good balance of material between chico, groucho and harpo. It could be that the early scenes establishing the comfortable, middleaged relationship between barnaby and edwina are a little too comfortable and last a little too long. Monkey business 1952 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
Films of the 1950s along the missouri river, while monkey business 1952, a goofy yarn about a scientist who discovers a rejuvenation serum, was a collaboration between hawks, grant, rising star marilyn monroe, and scenarists hecht, charles lederer, and i. Not one of director howard hawks topranked efforts, monkey business is still a very entertaining, if immensely silly piece of fluff. This sort of thing, when done wellas it generally is, in this casecan be insanely funny if it hits right. According to a modern source, grant sued twentieth centuryfox in the early 1970s after the studio used clips from monkey business in a documentary about marilyn monroe. All great of top 30 marilyn monroe movies movie quotes. Howard hawks great director profile senses of cinema.
Monkey business appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1. Marilyn monroe is also a scream as the dimbulb secretary to charles coburn. One of the labs chimps, esther, gets loose in the laboratory and, having watched dr fulton do. The chaos starts when a mischievous monkey accidentally mixes the magic formula into the water cooler, whereupon grant and wife ginger rogers take turns to regress into childhood. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. Monkey business 1952 film monkey business is a 1952 american screwball comedy film directed by howard hawks, written by ben hecht, and starring cary grant, ginger rogers, charles coburn, and marilyn monroe. It is the third of the marx brothers released movies, and the first with an original screenplay rather than an adaptation of one of their broadway shows. The combinations and on screen chemistry between cary grant, ginger rogers and marilyn monroe is cinematic gold. Angela alexander, a womans costumer who became friends with marilyn monroe and earned a reputation as being able to control the difficult actress on the set, died oct. All great of top 30 marilyn monroe movies actress marilyn monroe overcame a difficult childhood to become one of the worlds biggest and most enduring sex symbols. Monkey business is a 1952 screwball comedy film directed by howard hawks and starring cary grant, ginger rogers, charles coburn, marilyn monroe and hugh marlowe.
The absurd plot of monkey business also kicks into gear via an animal that gets referenced in the title baby, in case you havent seen the first film, was a troublemaking leopard. Monkey business 1952 film from wikimedia commons, the free media repository. Overview of monkey business, 1952, directed by howard hawks, with cary grant, ginger rogers, charles coburn, at turner classic movies. Monkey business marked the fifth and final collaboration between grant and hawks.
Monkey business 1952 howard hawks related allmovie. Before and after the film s abovetitle cast credits, there is a shot of cary grant coming out of a house, and an offscreen voice tells him not yet. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, fulton begins to act just like a twentyyearold and believes his potion is working. Monkey business 1952 full movie download full hd youtube. Cary grant, ginger rogers, charles coburn, marilyn monroe, harry carter, harry carey, jr. This time hes a chemist seeking a fountain of youth formula that will revitalize middleagers both mentally and. In fact, if it wasnt for a famous supporting actress, it would probably be a near forgotten film. More classic comedy from director hawks, this time with grant as an absentminded professor who causes chaos when his elixir of youth gets mixed in with the contents of the office water cooler. The working title of this film was darling, i am growing younger. While the directors efforts may remind some of fellow director frank tashlin in its zaniness and nonstop inanity, its still very much a hawks film. Howard hawks turns in some excellent direction per usual, although im sure he was only paying the bills.
The film also features thelma todd, harry woods and ruth hall. However for some reason there wasnt enough marilyn in this movie. The best part of the film comes during its final halfhour, when true chaos has. Grant, just as he did in bringing up baby, plays an absentminded professor, except that this one has thicker glasses and speaks slower than the first one did. Monkey business is a 1952 american screwball comedy film directed by howard hawks, written by ben hecht, and starring cary grant, ginger rogers, charles. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. This film is an underlying screwball comedy united to. Cary grant and ginger rogers in monkey business 1952 marilyn monroe, monkey business, 20th centruyfox, 1952, i. I believe monkey business is a good indicator of why the screwball comedy era ended. Cary grant takes the lead, playing an uptight absentminded professor who accidentally drinks a fountain of youth formula and suddenly feels like a teenager again. This time hes a chemist seeking a fountain of youth formula that will revitalize middleagers both mentally and physically.
He attended throop polytechnic institute which later. The big sky 1952 starred kirk douglas as a fur trapper working his way along the missouri river, while monkey business 1952, a goofy yarn about a scientist who discovers a rejuvenation serum, was a collaboration between hawks, grant, rising star marilyn monroe, and scenarists hecht, charles lederer, and i. Oct 24, 2014 barnaby fulton is a research chemist working on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. Monkey business is an often neglected film for grants, and it shouldnt be. A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth. Detailed information about this film is available from the afi catalog of feature films at, or by clicking here.
The problem with monkey business is that it harkens back to a slightly zanier time in filmmaking and a fairly unsophisticated one at that. Im usual not a big fan of slapstick comedies from the 1940s 1950s but really enjoyed monkey business. Monkey business 1952 film wikimili, the best wikipedia. Customers who viewed this item also viewed these digital items. The movie monkey business could have been pretty bad. I would say that its saving grace is the fact that the people involved are all highly talented. As in the earlier film, cary grant stars as an absentminded. Motion pictures featuring monkeys and apes primate. It is directed by norman mcleod with screenplay by s.
The misfits was written for monroe and was her last completed film. Monkey business 1952 im beginning to wonder if being young is all its cracked up to be. So many great and vatied gags between the three of them. Unfortunately it doesnt quite add up to the sum of its parts. Since the marx brothers released a classic comedy under the same name in twentyone years earlier.
Adult inhibitions are cast aside as he and his wife. Marilyn monroe confidante and costumer angela alexander. Protagonist, ciji lik tumaci cary grant, je naucnik koji nastoji pronaci eliksir mladosti, pri cemu jedan od njegovih pokusnih cimpanza slucajno smijesa pravu formulu. Marilyn monroe, monkey business, 20th centruyfox, 1952, i. Monkey business is undervalued by some, on account of its alleged inferiority to the masters 30s pictures, and the accident of sharing a title with a film by the marx brothers. Fantasy komedie film geregisseerd door howard hawks. Everyone ginger rogers, monroe, charles coburn does a commendable job, and grant is at his broad comic best. To avoid confusion with the 1931 marx brothers film of the same name, this film is sometimes referred to as howard hawks monkey business. Monkey business is perhaps howard hawks most truly madcap farce. Monkey business is a 1931 american precode comedy film. Later in 1952 she appeared in monkey business where she showed off her new platinum blonde hair, the look became her trademark. Find similar and related movies for monkey business 1952 howard hawks on allmovie. Gary grantgary cooperhoward hawks and they are splendid. A business affair 1993 in this french film, a man buys a monkey for his wife after she loses a baby.
This is a good movie featuring cary grant as the scientist who found a rejuvenating formula. They were, after all, working on a glorified assembly line, and there wasnt always time for originality. During the studio era, even gifted artists werent immune to this approach. To avoid confusion with the 1931 marx brothers film of the same name, this film is sometimes referred to as howard hawk. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. By 1952 the screwball comedy was a dying breed, many more would still be made but the heyday of the screwball comedy ended in the mid1940s. See more ideas about marilyn monroe, monkey business and norma jean. Howard hawks hoped to capture the screwball comic fervor of his 1938 film bringing up baby with his 1952 comedy monkey business. Some of the jokes deal with topics and people especially french crooner maurice chevalier better known in the 1930s. It wasnt until late april, when the film was nearly completed, that it was renamed monkey business. Howard hawkss 1952 comedy with cary grant, marilyn monroe and an. As in the earlier film, cary grant stars as an absentminded professor involved in a research project.
Marilyn monroe, cary grant, ginger rogers, charles coburn research chemist barnaby fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. Best jerry lewis dean martin movies 2,608,992 views. Grant plays an absent minded professor, barnaby fulton, working on a youth formula. Monkey business its an ace ape jape film the guardian. While trying a sample dose on himself, he accidentally gets a dose of a mixture added to the water cooler and believes his potion is what is working. Mcleod isnt the greatest of directors, but he gas a strong bond with the brothers and monkey business finds a strong spot manic without getting desperate.
That would have been a shame though, because monkey business is a truly funny film. The enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. The best part of the film comes during its final halfhour, when true chaos has erupted and the pace picks up enough to carry us along in its true silliness. Grant won the case and was awarded ten dollars in damages. With cary grant, ginger rogers, charles coburn, marilyn monroe, hugh marlowe. Jun 07, 2009 by 1952 the screwball comedy was a dying breed, many more would still be made but the heyday of the screwball comedy ended in the mid1940s. Marilyn monroe, cary grant, ginger rogers with apologies to jeanluc godard, all you need to make a movie is a man and a monkeyand if the man is cary grant at his crazed comic best, you can be pretty sure of the movie attaining immortality. Featuring cary grant, marilyn monroe, ginger rogers, charles coburn and others. Majmunska posla je americka crnobijela filmska komedija snimljena 1952.
Overall, the picture appeared acceptable for a 50year. Cary grant in monkey business, 1952 august 19, 20 the other night i was browsing the streaming netflix options and ended up watching monkey business, the 1952 screwball comedy with cary grant and marilyn monroe. This sort of thing, when done well as it generally is, in this casecan be insanely funny if it hits right. The film takes its central idea and then rotates through the possible results. The story that began as fountain of youth began shooting on march 5, 1952 as darling, i am growing younger. Monkey business 1952 e livre 09051952 us comedy, romance 1h 37m user score.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The chaos starts when a mischievous monkey accidentally mixes the magic formula into the water cooler, whereupon grant and wife ginger rogers take turns to. The problem with monkey business is that it harkens back to a slightly zanier time in film making and a fairly unsophisticated one at that. Monkey business 1952 chemist barnaby fulton is working on a youth formula, but is unsuccessful until lab chimp esther puts her own.
In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Barnaby fulton is a research chemist working on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. Monkey business full movie 1952 comedy hd cary grant, ginger rogers, marilyn monroe by grudruk maning. Monkey business is a 1952 american screwball comedy film directed by howard hawks, written by ben hecht, and starring cary grant, ginger rogers, charles coburn, and marilyn monroe. One of their collaborative efforts is often overlooked. It is part romp, part druggiesurrealist masterpiece, and a complete joy. Monkey business is a 1952 american screwball comedy film directed by howard hawks and written by ben hecht. Feb 17, 2011 monkey business is undervalued by some, on account of its alleged inferiority to the masters 30s pictures, and the accident of sharing a title with a film by the marx brothers. Monkey business is a good movie, dont get me wrong, and it is funny, but you can only try for the same joke so. Adult inhibitions are cast aside as he and his wife rogers regress to.
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