The Animal Kingdom (1932) | Full Length Film

Watch the full-length classic film The Animal Kingdom (1932).

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.

In 1960, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.

The film was preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in 1985. (Source: UCLA Archive website)

Rare home movie footage taken on set during the production by co-star Leslie Howard and featuring candid footage of Ann Harding, Myrna Loy, William Gargan and director Edward H Griffith is included in the 2016 documentary Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn.

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