For Men Only (1952)
5/10
Anti-hazing crusade.
29 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Pauk Henreid stars as biology professor and also makes a directorial debut in For Men Only. It's a film about college hazing and his effort to ban it on his camus.

I couldn't really wrap my mind about the concept of getting parental permission to join a fraternity. But this was the 50s and probably the age of consent in the state where Henreid's Wake College is located is 21.

When an innocent dog is killed during an initiation ceremony and later on a favorite student of Heneid's is killed who went to the police, it is then that Henreid goes into action. He starts an anti-hazing crusade.

Henreid also gets sidetracked by Russell Johnson the head of the Alpha Nu fraternity where these bad things were done. Mantrap Kathleen Hughes who in her career specialized in these roles does a number on Henreid. Fortunately wife Margaret Field stands by her man.

You want to see a portrait of privilege check Russell Johnson. You won't recognize the professor on Gilligan's Island. He's more like a budding Donald Trump. I also liked Douglas Kennedy as the very political president of Wake College.

For Men Only was done on a shoestring budget for B studio Lippert Pictures. is kind of dated hough hazing is still with us. This sure isn't John Belushi's type of fraternity.
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