Movie Reviewed: Animal Kingdom (1932), starring Ann Harding and Leslie Howard
Divided heart
This star-studded movie is based on Broadway show entitled “The woman of his house” stars Leslie Howard as the Tom Collier who does the mistake of marrying a socialite (Myrna Loy) rather than the woman he really loves (Ann Harding). Very soon he gets bored with friends and the social atmosphere. His wife begins to dislike the butler (William Gargan) her husband hired; he happens to be an old friend of Tom, and the butler’s behavior with the guests is undesirable and sometimes annoying. When the relationship turns sour, Tom retreats to the arms of his real love (Ann Harding).
The work of director Edward Griffith was tasteful in handling the delicate matter of marital infidelity, and movie critics lauded his efforts. But at the height of great depression, this 1932 movie did not generate enough enthusiasm about the infantile problems of wealthy and spoiled. The movie went on make a loss of $110, 000 which was a lot of money at that time, and borrowing Myrna Loy from MGM turned to be very costly for the RKO Studio. Overall, this is still an interesting pre-code film to watch and I recommend this to all fans of pre-code films.
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