Harold Peary stars as his famous radio character of Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve in this, one of a series of films RKO did adapted from the radio series. Not one of
the better of the series.
Hollywood has a fascination with primate behavior from Tarzan to King Kong and occasionally folks like Abbott&Costello and the Ritz Brothers played it for laughs. This was not one of the better primate films.
Too much was thrown in here, everything from the ape, experimented on by the usual movie mad scientists to a disappearing and reappearing Marion Martin. Just too many ingredients without a proper recipe.
Hollywood has a fascination with primate behavior from Tarzan to King Kong and occasionally folks like Abbott&Costello and the Ritz Brothers played it for laughs. This was not one of the better primate films.
Too much was thrown in here, everything from the ape, experimented on by the usual movie mad scientists to a disappearing and reappearing Marion Martin. Just too many ingredients without a proper recipe.