A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.
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Title: Monkey Business (1952)
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| Complete credited 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 | |
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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 | |
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Barnaby Fulton is a research chemist working on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. 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. The mixture temporarily causes him to feel and act like a teenager, including correcting his vision. When his wife gets a dose that is even larger, she regresses even further into her childhood. When an old boyfriend meets her in this state, he believes that her never wanting to see him again means a divorce and a chance for him. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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5 September 1952 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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(uncredited)
Music by Tod B. Galloway
Lyrics by George S. Pomeroy and Meade Minnigerode
Sung by Cary Grant
Also sung by Ginger Rogers
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When one of the chimps gets out of her cage and messes around with chemicals, before the action cuts away to three scientists discussing a hair restoring formula, the large vial into which the ape has been pouring the chemicals is full to the brim. When it cuts back to the Chimp in the laboratory, the same vial is only 2/3 full. See more »Crazy Credits
During the opening credits, an offscreen voice twice says, "Not yet, Cary" when Barnaby (Cary Grant) opens his front door to come outside. Each time, he closes the door again so the credits can continue. See more »Soundtracks
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Music by Tod B. Galloway
Lyrics by George S. Pomeroy and Meade Minnigerode
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_Monkey Business_ works if, and only if, you can buy the premise that a lab monkey, working behind the scientist's back, can produce an elixer that makes people young again and dump it into the lab's water cooler to watch the results. I find suspending disbelief here no problem, and the result is a wonderfully silly movie. Cary Grant is spot on as the absent-minded scientist, Barnaby Fulton. (The opening credit scene, which seques seamlessly from Cary being referred to as "Mr. Grant" by the off-camera director to Cary being Barnaby Fulton, is a classic in itself.) Ginger Rogers (Mrs. Fulton), is hardly credible as a scientist's wife, but she is brilliant whenever Mrs. Fulton is under the influence of the elixer. Monroe is effortless as the dumb blonde secretary wanting to have "fun" with the youthful version of Barnaby Fulton. Charles Coburn is perfect as the frumpy boss, Mr. Oxley. The comedy is in the situations and dialog that develop as the elixer is repeatedly unwittingly imbibed by Grant and Rogers, and then by others. I would rather not spell these out, but they are fully within the screwball comedy genre that goes back to the 1930's.