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A Successful Calamity (1932)

NR ★ 5.6/10 72 min Comedy, Drama United States English
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WITH A SNAP OF HIS FINGERS HE THROWS MILLIONS AWAY BECAUSE HE WANTED LAUGHS! He turned from a human check book into a human being and taught his family to laugh!

Description

Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy and Eddie. To test his family's mettle, Henry pretends to have gone broke. Just as he suspected they would, his children rally to their father's side and change their ways: Peggy forsakes the fortune hunter George Struthers for the nice young man she's really in love with, the polo coach Larry Rivers, while Eddie applies for a demanding job and performs admirably. Only Sweetie seems to desert Henry.

Top Cast

George Arliss
George Arliss Henry Wilton
Mary Astor
Mary Astor Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
Evalyn Knapp
Evalyn Knapp Peggy Wilton
Grant Mitchell
Grant Mitchell Connors
William Janney
William Janney Eddie Wilton
David Torrence
David Torrence Partington
Hardie Albright
Hardie Albright George Struthers
Randolph Scott
Randolph Scott Larry Rivers

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