An orphan girl escapes her caregivers to be with a young man raised at the zoo whose only previous friends are the animals.An orphan girl escapes her caregivers to be with a young man raised at the zoo whose only previous friends are the animals.An orphan girl escapes her caregivers to be with a young man raised at the zoo whose only previous friends are the animals.
- Awards
- 1 win
Joseph E. Bernard
- Doctor Attending Chimpanzee
- (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
- Kretz
- (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
- Woman Whose Skunk Was Stolen
- (uncredited)
Margaret Hamilton
- Assistant Matron for orphans
- (uncredited)
Catherine Hayes
- Woman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe casting of Loretta Young in this film was officially announced by the studio on December 15, 1932.
- Quotes
Dr. Grunbaum: Last Wednesday, did you steal a woman's fur?
Zani: Yes, sir.
Dr. Grunbaum: What made you do it?
Zani: People shouldn't kill animals... and wear their furs.
Dr. Grunbaum: Unfortunately, there's not a law against that... but there is a law against stealing. What makes you steal things? Did you sell the fur?
Zani: No. I burned it.
- Alternate versionsIn the original release prints a number of scenes were tinted amber or blue.
Featured review
early sound era fantasy in need of restoration
When he presented it at the Pacific Film Archive in 1989, historian William K. Everson described this charming early sound feature as a Disney-esque fairy tale, and he had a point: there's a disarming, almost childlike innocence to the characters and scenario. The film is part love story and part wildlife protection fable, following a pair of stray visitors (a precocious young boy and a beautiful, runaway orphan girl) who find adventure and (for the latter, at least) romance while trespassing after hours among the other caged animals in Hungary's capitol city. The setting may not have a convincing Middle European flavor, but the film is remarkably free of the awkward sentiment common to many early talkie productions. And the script shows surprising consistency for an effort credited to five writers, one of whom couldn't resist adding a slam-bang safari stampede climax totally out of step with the otherwise sensitive melodrama preceding it. The beautiful camera-work, no longer pristine in this surviving print, is the work of Lee Garmes.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Romance en el zoológico
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $436,649 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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