The Animal Kingdom
The Animal Kingdom (also known as The Woman in His House in the UK) is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Edward H. Griffith based upon a comedy of manners play of the same name by Philip Barry. The film stars Leslie Howard, Ann Harding, Myrna Loy, William Gargan, Ilka Chase, and Neil Hamilton. Howard, Gargan, and Chase also starred in the play when it opened on Broadway on January 12, 1932. It was remade 1946 as One More Tomorrow.
Plot
Tom Collier owns a small press that publishes deluxe books. He has been living in the city with his best friend and lover Daisy Sage without being married. Daisy is a successful commercial artist for a fashion magazine. She has just returned from three months in Paris. While Daisy was away, Tom has fallen in love with Cecelia Henry.
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| author | Edward H. Griffith Horace Jackson Philip Barry |
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| director | Edward H. Griffith George Cukor |
| editor | Daniel Mandell |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | best friend bordello brothel crush drive family friend fashion magazine in vino veritas leni stengel lose marriage plans married moving in old friends publish |
| musicBy | Max Steiner |
| producer | David O. Selznick |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures |
| publisher | RKO Radio Pictures |