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The Animal Kingdom

- He scratched her tender skin and found a savage!

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.

Release Date : 1932-12-28

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : RKO Radio Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Daisy Sage

Original Name : Ann Harding

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tom Collier

Original Name : Leslie Howard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cecelia Henry Collier

Original Name : Myrna Loy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Regan

Original Name : William Gargan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Owen

Original Name : Neil Hamilton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grace

Original Name : Ilka Chase

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rufus Collier

Original Name : Henry Stephenson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Franc Schmidt

Original Name : Leni Stengel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joe Fisk

Original Name : Don Dillaway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chess Player

Original Name : William B. Davidson

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-03-28

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.