{"id":5471,"date":"2008-04-17T09:49:53","date_gmt":"2008-04-17T16:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5471"},"modified":"2021-01-20T17:46:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T00:46:58","slug":"male-animal-the-1942","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5471","title":{"rendered":"Male Animal, The (1942)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I know I&#8217;m not a tiger &#8212; but I don&#8217;t like to be thought of as a pussycat, either!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Poster-129x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Poster-129x300.jpg 129w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Poster-55x128.jpg 55w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Poster-441x1024.jpg 441w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor Turner (Henry Fonda) is warned by his supervisor (Eugene Pallette) that he cannot read a letter by a controversial anarchist in his class or he will risk losing his job; meanwhile, his wife (Olivia de Havilland) is courted by a returning football star (Jack Carson), and Turner finds his sense of masculinity sorely tested.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Henry Fonda Films<\/li>\n<li>Jack Carson Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Masculinity<\/li>\n<li>Olivia de Haviland Films<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptations<\/li>\n<li>Professors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis dated but amusing comedy about censorship in academia &#8212; as well as what it means to be a &#8220;real male&#8221; &#8212; is based on a 1940 play by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent, and was directed by the latter. Henry Fonda is well-cast as bespectacled Professor Turner, who finds himself increasingly put upon in both career and marriage, and must eventually decide to stand up for what he believes in and cares most about. Even more enjoyable than Fonda, however, is the ever-reliable Jack Carson as returning football star Joe Ferguson: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Carson5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Carson5-1024x761.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Carson5-1024x761.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Carson5-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Carson5-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Carson5-768x571.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Carson5-363x270.png 363w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Carson5.png 1387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carson manages to present Joe as a realistic threat to Turner&#8217;s marriage without ever coming across as villainous or unlikable; his opening greeting with trustee Ed Keller (nicely played by Eugene Pallette) is priceless. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Pallette3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Pallette3-1024x741.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"463\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Pallette3-1024x741.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Pallette3-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Pallette3-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Pallette3-768x556.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Pallette3-373x270.png 373w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Pallette3.png 1419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Audiences today will likely have no idea who the controversial writer in question (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sacco_and_Vanzetti\">Bartolomeo Vanzetti<\/a>) is, but this shouldn&#8217;t affect one&#8217;s ability to appreciate the underlying dilemma at stake. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fonda&#8217;s drunken diatribe about human males in relation to other animals<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Fonda.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Fonda-1024x769.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Fonda-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Fonda-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Fonda-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Fonda-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Fonda-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Fonda.png 1373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jack Carson as erstwhile football star Joe Ferguson<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Carson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Carson-1024x772.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Carson-1024x772.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Carson-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Carson-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Carson-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Carson-358x270.png 358w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Male-Animal-Carson.png 1371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended. Listed as a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0035020\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1942\/03\/28\/archives\/the-male-animal-with-henry-fonda-olivia-de-havilland-at-strand.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/2579\/the-male-animal#articles-reviews?articleId=25785\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I know I&#8217;m not a tiger &#8212; but I don&#8217;t like to be thought of as a pussycat, either!&#8221; Synopsis: Professor Turner (Henry Fonda) is warned by his supervisor (Eugene Pallette) that he cannot read a letter by a controversial anarchist in his class or he will risk losing his job; meanwhile, his wife (Olivia de Havilland) is courted by a returning football star (Jack Carson), and Turner finds his sense of masculinity sorely tested. 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