Cary Grant
Dr. Barnaby Fulton
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Box office. $2 million (US rentals) [1] Monkey Business is a 1952 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, and Marilyn Monroe. To avoid confusion with the unrelated 1931 Marx Brothers film of the same name, this film is sometimes referred to as Howard Hawks' Monkey Business .
- September 5, 1952
- Sol C. Siegel
Monkey Business: Directed by Howard Hawks. With Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe. A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.
- Howard Hawks
- 3 min
When a loose chimpanzee mixes chemicals together that produce this effect, Fulton tries some on himself. This prompts him to act like a teenager, making passes at Oxley's buxom secretary, Lois ...
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- Cary Grant
- Howard Hawks
- Comedy
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One of Dr. Fulton's chimpanzees, Esther, gets loose in the laboratory, mixes a beaker of chemicals, and pours the mix into the water cooler. The chemicals have the rejuvenating effect Fulton is seeking. Unaware of Esther's antics, Fulton tests his latest experimental concoction on himself and washes it down with water from the cooler.
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Here is a Lobby Card from Howard Hawks' Monkey Business (1952), starring Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
