The Animal Kingdom

Unrated

12/28/19321h 25m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ He scratched her tender skin and found a savage! ~

Overview:

Tom Collier has had a great relationship with Daisy, but when he decides to marry, it is not Daisy whom he asks, it is Cecelia. After the marriage, Tom is bored with the social scene and the obligations of his life. He publishes books that will sell, not books that he wants to write. Even worse, he has his old friend working as a butler and Cecelia wants him fired. When Tom tries to get back together with Daisy to renew the feelings that he once felt, Daisy turns the tables on him and leaves to protect both of them.

Director:

Edward H. Griffith

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$458,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

new york city
butler
pre-code
publisher

Cast

Ann Harding

~ as ~

Daisy Sage

Leslie Howard

~ as ~

Tom Collier

Myrna Loy

~ as ~

Cecelia Henry Collier

William Gargan

~ as ~

Regan

Neil Hamilton

~ as ~

Owen

Ilka Chase

~ as ~

Grace

Henry Stephenson

~ as ~

Rufus Collier

Leni Stengel

~ as ~

Franc Schmidt

Don Dillaway

~ as ~

Joe Fisk

William B. Davidson

~ as ~

Chess Player

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
Leslie Howard certainly had a star quality about him, and he demonstrates that with aplomb here, but the story is just, well, wet... He is caught in a seemingly genuine love triangle between "Daisy" (Ann Harding") and wife "Cecelia" (Myrna Loy) and spends much of the time, aided ably by permanently sozzled butler "Red" (William Gargan) vacillating - occasionally comically - as he treads the fine line between the pair of them. The performances and writing are fine, nothing more, but I just found the story wore way too thin, too quickly - and "Daisy", frankly, deserved far better than to be involved at all... What it does seem to comment upon, surprisingly for 1932, is an acceptability from all concerned - including, to a certain extent from the families, that this arrangement though frustrating, isn't wrong. The film shows an enlightening degree of non-judgmentalism that I found quite refreshing.