Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers go back to their childhoods in "Monkey Business," about a youth formula mixed up by a monkey. It's a real '30s screwball comedy in the hands of three masters - Howard Hawks, Grant, and Rogers, and the concept is a funny one, even if it does get a bit tedious.
Marilyn Monroe is delicious in a supporting role as a secretary who can't type. Hugh Marlowe and Charles Coburn are the straight men - Coburn is the head of the company that wants Grant's formula, except that Grant's formula is worthless. When his back was turned, one of his experimental monkeys mixed up the magic concoction and dropped it in the water cooler. After a glass, Grant becomes a college kid again and takes Monroe on a whirl. Then Rogers uses the water to make coffee...
It's amazing that Grant was still making these movies twenty years after he started, but he's as agile as ever. This is a fun watch and of great interest because of Monroe.
Marilyn Monroe is delicious in a supporting role as a secretary who can't type. Hugh Marlowe and Charles Coburn are the straight men - Coburn is the head of the company that wants Grant's formula, except that Grant's formula is worthless. When his back was turned, one of his experimental monkeys mixed up the magic concoction and dropped it in the water cooler. After a glass, Grant becomes a college kid again and takes Monroe on a whirl. Then Rogers uses the water to make coffee...
It's amazing that Grant was still making these movies twenty years after he started, but he's as agile as ever. This is a fun watch and of great interest because of Monroe.