The Sex Life of the Polyp (1928)
Directed by Thomas Chalmers · 11 min · Comedy
5.4 TOPICAL score · #6,125 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Dr. Benchley is addressing the Ladies Club on the subject of the reproductive habits of the polyp, a small aquatic organism. Although he is not able to display his live specimens, he has prepared a series of pictures of his subjects. He explains that the subject is made more complicated by the fact that polyps are able to change their sex from time to time. Then he presents some of the pictures of his specimens and the experiments that he has done with them.
The Sex Life of the Polyp (1928, directed by Thomas Chalmers) has a TOPICAL score of 5.4 - ranked 6,125 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and cast, and lowest on awards. Audiences: TMDB 5.1/10 (16 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 7 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
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- AudienceTMDB 5.1/10 (16 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 7 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read310 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Robert Benchley (actor #1,872)