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A Successful Calamity
1932, Sep 17
1h 12m
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.
Directed by
John G. Adolfi
Written by
Julien Josephson, Maude T. Howell, Austin Parker, Clare Kummer
Randolph Scott
Larry Rivers
Mary Astor
Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
Bill Elliott
Polo Player (uncredited)
Oscar Apfel
President of the United States
Fortunio Bonanova
Pietro Rafaelo
Allan Lane
Polo Player (uncredited)
Claire McDowell
Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
Hardie Albright
George Struthers
Grant Mitchell
Connors
Leon Ames
Barney Davis
George Arliss
Henry Wilton
Richard Tucker
Lawrence - Partington's Partner
David Torrence
Partington
Murray Kinnell
Alfred Curtis - The Broker
Hale Hamilton
John Belde
Evalyn Knapp
Peggy Wilton
William Janney
Eddie Wilton
Buddy Roosevelt
Polo Player With Drinks (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
Photographer at Train (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
Emmy's Musicale Butler
Harold Minjir
Watson - Eddie's Valet (as Harold Minjur)
Elspeth Dudgeon
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Eula Guy
Jane - the Cook's Helper
Florence Wix
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Barbara Leonard
Pauline - The French Maid
Virginia Hammond
Mrs. Langstreet
Ellinor Vanderveer
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Kate Drain Lawson
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Jack Rutherford
Wilton's Chauffeur (as John Rutherford)
Nola Luxford
Mary (uncredited)
Helena Phillips Evans
Lily - the Wilton's Cook (as Helena Phillips)
Charles E. Evans
Furniture Mover (uncredited)
Fred Howard
Reporter at Train (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
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