Themes: Looking For Love, Social Climbing, Otherwise Engaged
Main Cast: Ann Harding, Leslie Howard, Myrna Loy, William Gargan, Neil Hamilton
Release Year: 1932
Country: US
Run Time: 95 minutes
Plot
The first film version of Philip Barry's Broadway play The Animal Kingdom stars Ann Harding, Leslie Howard and Myrna Loy. Howard plays a wealthy publisher who decides to marry the socially prominent Loy, leaving his mistress Harding in the lurch. In comically convoluted fashion, Loy behaves like a callous libertine, while Harding is the soul of love and fidelity. The frustrated Howard declares at the end that he is going back to his "wife"--meaning, of course, the faithful Harding. Animal Kingdom was long withdrawn from public view due to the 1946 remake One More Tomorrow; a pristine 35-millimeter print was discovered in the Warner Bros. vaults in the mid-1980s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Ilka Chase - Grace; Henry Stephenson - Rufus Collier; Leni Stengel - Franc Schmidt; Henry Barrows - Partygoer; Curtis Benton - Radio Announcer; Lorena Carr - Partygoer; William B. Davidson - Grace's Husband; George de Normand - Additional Cast; Harry Ernest - Boy; Torben Meyer - Idealistic Printer; Will Morgan - Partygoer; Byron Munson - Partygoer; Arthur Rankin - Partygoer; Florence Turner - Additional Cast; Harold Erickson - Additional Cast; Oliver Cross - Partygoer; Harry Lee - Idealistic Printer; Bill Cody - Additional Cast; Kay English - Partygoer; Donald Dilloway - Joe Fiske; Al Stewart - Additional Cast
