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The Romance of Digestion

The Romance of Digestion

  • 8.00
  • January 1937
  • 8 min

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.

  • Type:
    MOVIE
  • Country:
    US
  • Genres:
    Comedy
  • Release:
    March 1937
  • Production:
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Cast:
    Robert Benchley