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| producer = David O. Selznick | screenplay = | based on = | starring = | music = Max Steiner | cinematography = George J. Folsey | editing = Daniel Mandell | studio = RKO Radio Pictures | distributor = RKO Radio Pictures | released = | runtime = 85 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $458,000〔Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', ''Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television'', Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p39〕 | gross = $528,000〔 }} ''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 of the same name by Philip Barry. The film starred 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 12 January 1932. In 1960, the film entered the public domain (in the USA) due to the claimants failure to renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication. == Plot summary == The film is based on a play, of the same name, set in 1930’s New York and Connecticut. Tom Collier (Leslie Howard) is a book publisher who has been living in the city with his best friend and lover Daisy Sage (Ann Harding) without being married. His wealthy father, Rufus Collier (Henry Stephenson) wants him to live a respectable life. While Daisy is away for her job, Cecilia (Myrna Loy) convinces Tom to marry her. Although, their lawyer and friend Owen (Neil Hamilton) is in love with her, he doesn’t have enough financial resources to maintain her interest. Cecilia tries to get Tom to sell out without his realizing it. She talks him into publishing bad books that will make money and get rid of his old friends, including “Red”, his prize-fighter friend and butler. She wants Tom to sell his publishing company, live in the city with his father, as a "proper gentleman", and take their place in society, which Tom has been fighting all his life. Daisy tries to stay away; but, she and Tom’s Bohemian friends can’t believe he’s happy. She loves him deeply, and wants to have children with him but cares most about his well-being. Tom complains that he's losing his soul and integrity. Finally, when Cecilia offers Tom champagne to toast selling his publishing company and moving in with his father, Tom realizes that Cecilia's bedroom suite reminds him of a brothel he used to go, as he says, "in vino veritas". When Red tells Tom he is going back to the city, that he can’t stomach anymore, Tom agrees, saying, he’s “going back to his wife,” Daisy. As he leaves, he put a little something on the mantle for CeCeciliae, just as he used to, with the girls, in the bordello. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Animal Kingdom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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