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The Male Animal is a 1942 American comedy-drama film produced by Warner Bros., starring Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland and Joan Leslie. The film was based on a hit 1940 Broadway play of the same name written by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent.
A college English teacher faces a free-speech debate and a love triangle in this screwball comedy. Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, and Joan Leslie star in this film based on a play by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent.
On the weekend of the big football game at a large Midwestern university, English professor Tommy Turner (Henry Fonda) unexpectedly gets embroiled in a free-speech controversy.
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- Elliott Nugent
- Comedy
- Henry Fonda
The Male Animal (1942) first appeared on Broadway as one of the comic highlights of the 1940 season. The authors were Elliot Nugent, the playwright and occasional movie director who also played the lead, and James Thurber, best known for his hilarious cartoons for The New Yorker .
- Elliott Nugent, Art Lueker
- Henry Fonda
A play, The Male Animal (1941), written with Elliott Nugent, is a plea for academic freedom as well as a comedy. His fantasies for children, The 13 Clocks (1950) and The Wonderful O (1957), are among the most successful fairy tales of modern times.
Overview. 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.
A college English teacher faces a free-speech debate and a love triangle in this comedy film. He plans to read a controversial letter in class, but his wife and his ex-boyfriend's return complicate his life.
