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BEDTIME for BONZO
Universal-International has proved that ''animals make the funniest people." With the mule. "Francis." and the rabbit, '"Harvey." the company has racked up some of the top grosses in its history. Now. with "Bedtime for Bonzo," TJ-I has featured the animal that is practically synonoinous with laughter, the monkey, and has employed a unique story to garner additional humor. Bonzo, a highly talented five-year-old chimpanzee, becomes the subject of an experiment by a professor, played by Ronald Reagan, to determine the age-old argument of heredity vs. environment. In the Val Burton-Lou Breslow screenplay, Reagan, to convince his fiancee's recalcitrant father that his own parent's criminal tendencies cannot be inherited, brings Bonzo into his home to raise the
chimp just like a child, and hires Diana Lynn as his housekeeper during the experiment. After successfully mastering the difficulties of child training, Bonzo throws a you-know-what-kind of wrench into Reagan's plan l>\ "lifting" a necklace in a jewelry store and depositing it with his " father." who U caughl with the loot. Bonzo. however, ultimately absolves Reagan and the environment theory in some pretty funny monkey business, earning himself a permanent home with the professor and his housekeeper, who replaces the skeptical fiancee in Reaganaffections. Walter Slczak. Lucille Barkley and Jesse ('"Harvey" l White have featured spots in the supporting cast. Frederick de Cordova directed for producer Michel Kraike.