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