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Monkey Business
(1952)
It's Some Fun!
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Stars: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Marlowe
Director: Howard Hawks
Writer: Ben Hecht, Harry Segall
Language: English
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Duration: 97

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 laboratory experiments yield little fruit, a lab monkey, let loose from its cage, mixes a few random chemicals and comes up with just the formula Grant is looking for. This mixture is inadvertently dumped in the lab's water supply; the fun begins when staid, uptight Grant drinks some of the "bitter" water, then begins cutting up like a teenager. A harmless afternoon on the town with luscious secretary Marilyn Monroe rouses the ire of Grant's wife Ginger Rogers, but her behavior is even more infantile when she falls under the spell of the youth formula. Everyone remembers the best line in Monkey Business: foxy-grandpa research supervisor Charles Coburn hands the curvacious Monroe a letter and says "Get someone to type this". Even better is his next line: after Monroe sashays out of the room, Coburn turns to Grant and, with eyes atwinkle, murmurs "Anyone can type." Likewise amusing is Monkey Business's pre-credits gag, wherein Cary Grant opens a door and is about to step forward when director Hawks, off-camera, admonishes "Not yet, Cary." Among the co-conspirators on Monkey Business's carefree script are Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer and I.A.L. Diamond, with an original story by Harry Segall (Here Comes Mr. Jordan) as their source.


Belinda Keller
Jr. Harry Carey
Marc Matney
Cary GrantDr. Barnaby Fulton
Shannon Settlemyre
Steve Rassin
Ginger RogersMrs. Edwina Fulton
Charles CoburnMr. Oliver Oxley
Milton KrasnerCinematographer
Marilyn MonroeMiss Lois Laurel
Hugh MarloweHank Entwhistle
Henri LetondalDr. Jerome Kitzel
Robert CornthwaiteDr. Zoldeck
Charlotte AustinStudent (uncredited)
Larry KeatingG.J. Culverly
Harry BartellScientist (uncredited)
Faire BinneyDowager (uncredited)
Douglas SpencerDr. Brunner
Harry Carey Jr.Reporter (uncredited)
Kathleen FreemanMrs. Brannigan, Neighbor (uncredited)
Olive CareyJohnny's Mother (uncredited)
Esther DaleMrs. Rhinelander
George WinslowLittle Indian
Harry CarterScientist (uncredited)
Ronnie ClarkBit Boy (uncredited)
Milton R. KrasnerCinematographer
Russ ClarkPoliceman (uncredited)
William B. MurphyEditor
Heinie ConklinThe House Painter (uncredited)
Leigh HarlineComposer
George EldredgeMr. Peabody, Auto Salesman (uncredited)
George PatrickArt Director
Lyle R. WheelerArt Director
Terry GoodmanBit Boy (uncredited)
Dabbs GreerCab Driver (uncredited)
Howard HawksMan In Opening Credits (voice) (uncredited)
Marjorie HollidayOxley Receptionist (uncredited)
Rudy LeeBit Boy (uncredited)
Louis LettieriBit Boy (uncredited)
Mickey LittleBit Boy (uncredited)
Emmett LynnGus, the Janitor (uncredited)
Paul MaxeyBoard Member (uncredited)
John McKeePhotographer (uncredited)
Bill McLeanBellboy (uncredited)
Joseph MellThe Barber (uncredited)
Nico MinardosGood-looking guy at pool (uncredited)
Ray MontgomeryPoliceman (uncredited)
Roger MooreBit Man (uncredited)
Brad MorrowBit Boy (uncredited)
Forbes MurrayBoard Member (uncredited)
Robert NicholsGarage Man (uncredited)
Marjorie HolidayOxley Receptionist
Jerry ParisScientist (uncredited)
Melinda PlowmanBit Girl (uncredited)
Maudie PrickettClerk (uncredited)
Jimmy RoebuckBit Boy (uncredited)
Harry SeymourClothing Store Salesman (uncredited)
Jerry SheldonJoe, the Guard (uncredited)
Olan SoulePickwick Arms Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Gil StrattonYale Man (uncredited)
Mary FieldClerk
Ruth WarrenLaundress (uncredited)
Mack WilliamsBoard Member (uncredited)
Isabel WithersLaundress (uncredited)
W.D. FlickSound Department
Roger Heman Sr.Sound Department
Thomas LittleSet Decorator
Walter M. ScottSet Decorator
TravillaCustome Designer
Ben NyeMakeup Artist
Esperanza Coronahair stylist
Louise Miehlehair stylist
Bill RiddleMakeup Artist
Allan Snydermakeup artist: Miss Monroe
Helen Turpinhair stylist
Paul HelmickAssistant Director
Don TorpinAssistant Director
Ralph G. Hansenprops
Fred R. Simpsonprops
Genre: Classics, Comedy, Romantic
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
IMDb: 0044916