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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, Clare Kummer, Austin Parker
Hardie Albright
George Struthers
Randolph Scott
Larry Rivers
Mary Astor
Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
Grant Mitchell
Connors
Barbara Leonard
Pauline - The French Maid
Fortunio Bonanova
Pietro Rafaelo
Charles Coleman
Emmy's Musicale Butler
Leon Ames
Barney Davis
Murray Kinnell
Alfred Curtis - The Broker
Allan Lane
Polo Player (uncredited)
Nola Luxford
Mary (uncredited)
Richard Tucker
Lawrence - Partington's Partner
Virginia Hammond
Mrs. Langstreet
David Torrence
Partington
Claire McDowell
Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
George Arliss
Henry Wilton
Lew Harvey
Photographer at Train (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
Polo Player (uncredited)
Hale Hamilton
John Belde
Evalyn Knapp
Peggy Wilton
William Janney
Eddie Wilton
Elspeth Dudgeon
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Oscar Apfel
President of the United States
Harold Minjir
Watson - Eddie's Valet (as Harold Minjur)
Eula Guy
Jane - the Cook's Helper
Buddy Roosevelt
Polo Player With Drinks (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Jack Rutherford
Wilton's Chauffeur (as John Rutherford)
Kate Drain Lawson
Musicale Guest (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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