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