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The Romance of Digestion (1937)

Audience Score
80
The Romance of Digestion
A brief illustrated lecture on digestion Aburdist humor is the hallmark of this pseudoscientific description of biting chewing swallowing and digesting food The onscreen narrator begins with teeth little sentinels as he calls them and the tongue Then its on to the stomach he describes the stomachs 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 its a photograph of a man with a visible digestive tract
DirectorFelix E. Feist
WritersRobert BenchleyFelix E. Feist

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:March 13th, 1937
Original Language:English
Production Companies:MetroGoldwynMayer