Monkey Business

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film screwball comedy film

Monkey Business is a 1952 screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, best known for starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, and Marilyn Monroe in a zany story about a youth-restoring formula gone awry.

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Monkey Business canonical 14
Monkey Business (1952 film) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
screwball comedy film ⓘ
basedOn story by Harry Segall ⓘ
character Barnaby Fulton ⓘ
Edwina Fulton ⓘ
Lois Laurel ⓘ
Mr. Oxley ⓘ
cinematography Milton R. Krasner ⓘ
colorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Howard Hawks ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
surface form: Twentieth Century-Fox
editor William Hornbeck ⓘ
features office workplace setting ⓘ
youth-restoring chemical formula ⓘ
filmingLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
screwball comedy ⓘ
hasHumorStyle situational comedy ⓘ
slapstick ⓘ
hasTheme aging ⓘ
marital relationships ⓘ
scientific experimentation gone wrong ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActor Cary Grant ⓘ
leadActress Ginger Rogers ⓘ
mainSubject youth-restoring formula ⓘ
motionPictureRating Approved (Production Code era) ⓘ
musicBy Leigh Harline ⓘ
narrativeLocation United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
partOf American screwball comedy tradition ⓘ
Howard Hawks filmography ⓘ
producer Sol C. Siegel ⓘ
productionCompany 20th Century Fox ⓘ
surface form: Twentieth Century-Fox
publicationDate 1952 ⓘ
releaseFormat theatrical release ⓘ
runtime 97 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Ben Hecht ⓘ
Charles Lederer ⓘ
I. A. L. Diamond ⓘ
setInPeriod contemporary 1950s ⓘ
starring Cary Grant ⓘ
Ginger Rogers ⓘ
Marilyn Monroe ⓘ
supportingActor Marilyn Monroe ⓘ
timePeriodOfWork 20th century ⓘ
title Monkey Business ⓘ

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Ginger Rogers → notableWork → Monkey Business ⓘ
Marx Brothers → notableWork → Monkey Business ⓘ
Herman J. Mankiewicz → screenwriterFor → Monkey Business ⓘ
Harpo Marx → notableWork → Monkey Business ⓘ
Union → partOf → Monkey Business ⓘ
Dum Diddly → partOf → Monkey Business ⓘ
Barnaby Fulton → createdFor → Monkey Business ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monkey Business (1952 film)
Edwina Fulton → appearsIn → Monkey Business ⓘ
Edwina Fulton → createdFor → Monkey Business ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monkey Business (1952 film)
Mr. Oxley → appearsIn → Monkey Business ⓘ
Groucho Marx → notableWork → Monkey Business ⓘ
Horse Feathers → follows → Monkey Business ⓘ
Chico Marx → notableWork → Monkey Business ⓘ
Zeppo Marx → filmography → Monkey Business ⓘ
Lois Laurel → appearsIn → Monkey Business ⓘ
Arthur Sheekman → notableWork → Monkey Business ⓘ