Monkey Business (1952)

Monkey Business (1952) is a film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe and Charles Coburn. To avoid confusion with the famous Marx Brothers movie of the same name, it is sometimes referred to as "Howard Hawk's Monkey Business."

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Howard Hawks - Cary Grant - Ginger Rogers - Marilyn Monroe - Charles Coburn - Marx Brothers

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Cary plays Dr. Barnaby Fulton, an absent-minded professor-type, who (with the unnoticed help of a monkey), creates an elixir of youth. When you drink it, it turns you back to a teenager. You can imagine the riotous things that happen. Ginger plays his ever-suffering wife, Edwina; then she drinks some too. Marilyn plays Lois Laurel, the secretary to the boss, Oliver Oxley, played by Coburn.

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The film is very reminiscent of Bringing Up Baby (1938), which also starred Cary Grant, was also directed by Howard Hawks, but had a leopard instead of a monkey.

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Even Hawks said he didn't think the film's premise was believable and as a result, the film is not as funny as it could have been.

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