Some of My Best Friends

In this allegory about happiness, freedom and responsibility, an autocratic tycoon has a mental breakdown, is whisked off to a sanatorium, undergoes shock treatment that results in his being able to understand the language of animals and plants

He abandons his family and business responsibilities and secludes himself in an untidy Manhattan apartment. In short order he acquires a number of companions including a talking dog, a talking tree and a very articulate baby, child of a waif like girl who also lives with Andrew

But his blissful and bizarre world is not to last. In the end, he returns to his family and reassumes his responsibilities