Plot summary
Tom Collier runs a small New York press that publishes deluxe books. While Daisy Sage, who draws for a fashion magazine, spends three months in Paris, Tom falls for Cecelia Henry. Daisy has lived with Tom in the city without marrying, and now she is back. Tom's father, the wealthy banker Rufus Collier, has long despaired of a son who idles away a Harvard and Oxford education, and Cecelia tells him she means to marry Tom in June. Tom calls on Daisy to announce the wedding, but she speaks first, asking him to marry her and give her a child; learning of his plans, she sends him away.
Cast
- Cecil Ardenas Additional Cast(uncredited)
- Ralph Bardas Additional Cast(uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Animal Kingdom (1932)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- RKO bought The Animal Kingdom as a vehicle for Ann Harding, but Irene Dunne was substituted when Harding's schedule conflicted. When MGM refused to release Leslie Howard for the scheduled start, RKO found Harding free again and gave her the part.
- Co-star Leslie Howard shot rare home-movie footage on set, capturing candid moments of Ann Harding, Myrna Loy, William Gargan and director Edward H. Griffith; it was later used in the 2016 documentary Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn.
- The Animal Kingdom entered the public domain in the United States in 1960, after the claimants failed to renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.
