Bros Being Bros: The Resurrection of the Rom-Com
Billy Eichner provides a hearty dose of good old fashioned romance with a lot of laughs
The Male Animal (1942)
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.
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The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.
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Genre:Comedy, Romance
Written By:Stephen Morehouse Avery, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein
In Theaters:4/4/1942
Box Office:
Runtime:101 minutes
Studio:Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Elliott Nugent
Director
Henry Fonda
Tommy Turner
Olivia de Havilland
Ellen Turner
Joan Leslie
Patricia Stanley
Jack Carson
Joe Ferguson
Eugene Pallette
Ed Keller
Herbert Anderson
Michael Barnes
Hattie McDaniel
Cleota
Ivan F. Simpson
Dean Frederick Damon
Don DeFore
Wally Myers
Jean Ames
"Hot Garters" Gardner
Minna Phillips
Mrs. Blanche Damon
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