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Bedtime for Bonzo is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Fred de Cordova and starring Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, and a chimpanzee named Peggy as Bonzo. Its central character, psychology professor Peter Boyd (Reagan), tries to teach human morals to a chimpanzee, hoping to solve the "nature versus nurture" question. Boyd hires Jane Linden ...
Bedtime for Bonzo: Directed by Frederick De Cordova. With Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Lucille Barkley. A college professor attempts to salvage his personal and professional reputation by using a laboratory chimpanzee to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.
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- Comedy, Family, Romance
- Frederick De Cordova
- 1951-04-05
Mar 2, 2023 · 52. 3.8K views 10 months ago. A college professor attempts to salvage his personal and professional reputation by using a laboratory chimpanzee to prove that environment trumps heredity in...
- 83 min
- 6K
- Cinema4Reel
A professor (Ronald Reagan) hires a nanny (Diana Lynn) to help him raise a chimp, hoping to decide nature vs. nurture.
- 83 min
- RAJENDRAN PAVITHRA
Peter Boyd (Ronald Reagan), a college professor of psychology, is in love with Dr. Valerie Tillinghast, the college dean's daughter. Dean Tillinghast (Herbert Heyes), a firm believer in heredity, opposes their impending marriage on the grounds that Peter's father was a notorious criminal.
Bedtime for Bonzo. After Professor Peter Boyd (Ronald Reagan) proposes to the Dean's daughter, he tries to win his approval and adopts a chimp to test the theory of evolution in this comedy. 185 IMDb 5.5 1 h 24 min 1951. X-Ray 13+. Comedy · Romance. Available to rent or buy. Rent. SD $3.79. Buy. SD $14.99.
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Ronald Reagan is a monkey's uncle or, more properly, a foster father to a young chimp in Universal's low-budget comedy Bedtime for Bonzo [1951]. Famous as the monkey in Reagan's closet when the actor and one-time president of the Screen Actor's Guild turned his attentions to national politics, the title was trotted out for easy jokes and the ...