The Male Animal
The Male Animal

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It's Homecoming weekend at Midwestern University, the weekend which will culminate with the big game between Midwestern and Michigan. Homecoming marks the return for the first time in six years of alumnus All-American Joe Ferguson, whose world is all about football and especially his place in it. Mild-mannered English Professor Tommy Turner is able to handle the thought of Joe's return to campus as the ex-boyfriend of Tommy's wife of six years, Ellen Turner née Stanley, who ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Male Animal:

Henry Fonda
Olivia de Havilland
Joan Leslie
Jack Carson
Eugene Pallette
Herbert Anderson

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It's Homecoming weekend at Midwestern University, the weekend which will culminate with the big game between Midwestern and Michigan. Homecoming marks the return for the first time in six years of alumnus All-American Joe Ferguson, whose world is all about football and especially his place in it. Mild-mannered English Professor Tommy Turner is able to handle the thought of Joe's return to campus as the ex-boyfriend of Tommy's wife of six years, Ellen Turner née Stanley, who is temperamentally more like Joe than him. Tommy knows that Ellen loves him, the reason he doesn't mind the thought of Joe. The weekend starts off well enough for Tommy in that he believes he is being promoted from associate to full professor, which if be the case would be much earlier than he or Ellen had expected. However, it comes to his attention that Michael Barnes, an idealistic student of his who is also the editor of the campus' literary magazine, has written an editorial for the upcoming edition of the magazine denouncing what he considers the fascist policies of the Ed Keller led Board of Trustees, who have gone on a Communist witch hunt among the faculty, and praising who he considers principled Tommy, as Tommy is planning on reading to his English Composition class a letter written by anarchist Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Tommy admits the fact that Michael has written is true, he regularly reading what he considers documents of good writing by non-professional writers, regardless of content or the author, as he is also planning to read to his class a document written by Abraham Lincoln. Frederick Damon, the Dean of the English Department, wants to stay out of the fray and what he knows will be the wrath of the powerful Keller about the editorial and Tommy's intended actions. Tommy has to decide what to do, he reading the letter which would jeopardize his life at Midwestern. Through the weekend, he also sees what he thinks is more clearly Ellen's kinship to both him and Joe, she who would be better off with his competitor than him. What Tommy decides to do may not only affect his position and his marriage, but also the life of Ellen's younger sister Patricia Stanley as two men vie for her affections: Michael and the team's star fullback, the dimwitted Wally Myers.

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Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 8/10 by Dennis SchwartzThe stagebound film has its amusing moments, solid performances and a still timely message about academic freedom.
User Review - 8/10 by cli oI wish Henry had just punched Olivia in the face, she was a whiney irritating woman.
User Review - 6/10 by James HThis is a highly regarded classic, and I am not sure why I am not enthralled with it. It's okay, but I just don't see anything special with it. There is no chemistry between Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland. Fonda is great, but de Havilland gets very irritating, as does Jack Carson. Eugene Pallette and Hattie McDaniel provide excellent support. Otherwise, it's pretty routine.
User Review - 6/10 by Karen Fpredictable but enjoyable enough, with actors who are fun to watch. I know the free-speech/academic plot is mentioned first in most reviews, but in my sleepy state I mostly followed the romantic bits.
User Review - 6/10 by Vicky DGood dialogue, performances, and story that was pertinent to the times. It kind of lost my attention midway, but then picked up later on.
User Review - 4/10 by Dave JTuesday, July 22, 2014 (1942) The Male Animal COMEDY DRAMA Totally outdated which wouldn't be watchable had I not recognized it's two veteran actors of Henry Fonda and Olivia De Havilland. Adapted from the play by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent, which involves English professor, Tommy Turner (Fonda) refusing to be dictated by school board, allowing one of his students, Michael Barnes (Herbert Anderson) to publish controversial editorial. Meanwhile, both Tommy and his wife, Ellen Turner (Olivia de Havilland) are also inviting an old colleague, named Joe (Jack Carson) who used to be one of Michigan's biggest football college stars. And Joe conveniently had just broken up with his wife too. Did I mention that this movie is outdated since most testosterone guys these days, particularly jocks enjoy sleeping around even if they're married. 2 out of 4 stars

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