Zoo in Budapest

Zoo in Budapest
Directed byRowland V. Lee
Written byMelville Baker
Jack Kirkland (story)
Dan Totheroh
Louise Long
Rowland V. Lee (screenplay)
Produced byJesse L. Lasky
StarringLoretta Young
Gene Raymond
O.P. Heggie
Dorothy Libaire
CinematographyLee Garmes
Edited byHarold D. Schuster
Music byR.H. Bassett
Peter Brunelli
Louis De Francesco
Hugo Friedhofer
Werner Janssen
J.S. Zamecnik (all uncredited)
Production
company
Fox Film Corporation
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • April 28, 1933 (1933-04-28)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Zoo in Budapest is a 1933 American Pre-Code romance/melodrama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Loretta Young, Gene Raymond, O.P. Heggie, and Paul Fix. Gene Raymond, playing Zani, a young, mischievous man who has grown up only around the animals and the people that work and visit the zoo. Loretta Young plays Eve, who is an orphan who only wants to escape her situation and be out in the real world. O.P. Heggie plays Dr. Grunbaum, a father-like figure to Zani, as well as the zoo's doctor. The original 35mm prints of the film contained sequences tinted in amber or blue.[1]

Produced by Jesse L. Lasky. Written by Melville Baker, Jack Kirkland, Dan Totheroh, Louise Long, and screenplay by Rowland V. Lee. With Oscar winning cinematographer Lee Garmes.

  1. ^ Petrie, Graham (May 5, 2015). "Zoo in Budapest". Toronto Film Society. Retrieved August 21, 2015.