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The Animal Kingdom (1932)

The Animal Kingdom poster
Directed by
Edward H. Griffith, George Cukor
Genre
drama film, comedy film, comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rated
B
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy publisher tries to balance his love for an artist with the expectations of high society. He navigates complicated relationships with a fun-loving socialite and his more down-to-earth true love.

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What happens

The Animal Kingdom (also known as The Woman in His House in the UK) is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy-drama 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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