ANIMAL KINGDOM, THE(1932)
Although this was on a comedy set of movies, it is
anything but that!! A man's engaged to be married
but an old "friend" of his shows up and makes him
wonder if he's doing the right thing! This is pretty
boring! C
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
Previous reviewers have summarized the plot well.
Likewise its pre-code frankness. But what makes
this movie most interesting is the unusual context
the various stars find themselves in. Think playwright
Phillip Barry. What comes to mind: "The Philadelphia
Story." Think Leslie Howard: "Pygmalion" and "Gone
with the Wind." Think Myrna Loy: the "Thin Man" series.
Think William Gargan: many later movies. Notice that
Myrna Loy, later such an important star, has to take
third billing after Ann Harding. That certainly
wouldn't have been the case just a few years later.
Good to see Ilka Chase in a screen role. I thought
Howard and Loy superb in their acting, probably
among the best work they ever did. Under the banal
everyday polite surface of the dialogue and events
little by little the characters expose themselves:
Loy as the manipulative femme fatal and Howard as
the man for whom the light begins slowly to turn
on. For those whom the title puzzled, I caught Howard
saying at one point, "We're just members of the
animal kingdom."
Compare this film to Platinum Blonde of 1931 starring
Jean Harlow. My IMDb review summarizes the parallels
between these two films. - SHAWFAN
Ann Harding ... Daisy Sage
Leslie Howard ... Tom Collier
Myrna Loy ... Cecelia Henry Collier
William Gargan ... 'Red' Regan
Neil Hamilton ... Owen Fiske
Ilka Chase ... Grace
Henry Stephenson ... Mr. Rufus Collier
Leni Stengel ... Franc Schmidt
Don Dillaway ... Joe Fiske
Cecil Arden ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
Ralph Bard ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
Henry A. Barrows ... Partygoer (uncredited)
William Begg ... Partygoer (uncredited)
Curtis Benton ... Radio Announcer (uncredited) (voice)
Lorena Carr ... Partygoer (uncredited)
Oliver Cross ... Partygoer (uncredited)
William B. Davidson ... Grace's Husband (uncredited)
George DeNormand ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
Phil Dorn ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
Frank Eklof ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
Clarence Elmer ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
Kay English ... Partygoer (uncredited)
Harold Erickson ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
Harry Ernest ... Boy (uncredited)
Ray Finney ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
Bill Fisher ... Station Man (uncredited)
Maybel Freud ... Partygoer (uncredited)
Elinor Gray ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
Virginia Griffith ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
C. Gunnison ... Practical Printer (uncredited)
Berilla Kerr ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
Harry Lee ... Harry - Idealistic Printer (uncredited)
George Legneur ... Partygoer (uncredited)
Elise Mackert ... Partygoer (uncredited)
Minnie Mahone ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
George Mahoney ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
Cecil Martin ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
Frank McDonald ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
Alla Mentone ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
Torben Meyer ... Meyer - Idealistic Printer (uncredited)
Will Morgan ... Partygoer (uncredited)
Byron Munson ... Partygoer (uncredited)
Fred O'Neil ... Practical Printer (uncredited)
Dick Parslow ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
Arthur Rankin ... Partygoer (uncredited)
Jack Short ... Practical Printer (uncredited)
Terry Spencer ... Partygoer (uncredited)
Al Stewart ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
John Thomas ... Husband (uncredited)
Florence Turner ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
Phyllis Wilson ... Partygoer (uncredited)
Lillian Young ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
Shirley Young ... Additional Cast (uncredited)
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