The Romance of Digestion
1937 | 8m | English
Popularity: 0.1 (history)
| Director: | Felix E. Feist |
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| Writer: | Felix E. Feist, Robert Benchley |
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| A brief, illustrated lecture on digestion. Aburdist humor is the hallmark of this pseudo-scientific description of biting, chewing, swallowing, and digesting food. The on-screen narrator begins with teeth, "little sentinels" as he calls them, and the tongue. Then it's on to the stomach: he describes the stomach's workings as if it were an office or a factory. He uses an illustration of the side view of a human torso, with mouth, esophagus, and stomach visible, saying it's a photograph of a man with a visible digestive tract. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 13, 1937 |
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| Director: | Felix E. Feist |
| Writer: | Felix E. Feist, Robert Benchley |
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| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 22, 2026 Entered: May 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Robert Benchley | Joe Doakes |
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| Felix E. Feist | Writer, Director |
| Robert Benchley | Writer |
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