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