Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)

Movie that served as the punch line for countless Ronald Reagan jokes. Reagan plays a psychology professor (no I don’t buy it either) who in an effort to prove to his perspective father-in-law that he is worthy to marry his daughter despite his fathers criminal record, borrows a chimpanzee from the biology department and attempts to teach it right from wrong (to prove that behavior is learned not genetic you see). Reagan hires the pretty young Diana Lynn to serve as Bonzo’s nanny/mother surrogate, and Walter Slezak plays the part of the biology professor as if it had been written for S.Z. “Cuddles” Sakall. Modestly funny and charmingly low key film is likable and worth a peak if your curious. Thumbs up.