A Successful Calamity
WITH A SNAP OF HIS FINGERS HE THROWS MILLIONS AWAY BECAUSE HE WANTED LAUGHS! He turned from a human check book into a human being and taught his family to laugh!
1932 · 1h 12m · Passed
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
John G. Adolfi
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- John G. Adolfi Director
- George Arliss as Henry Wilton
- Mary Astor as Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
- Evalyn Knapp as Peggy Wilton
- Grant Mitchell as Connors, Wilton's Butler
- Hardie Albright as George Struthers, Peggy's Beau
- William Janney as Eddie Wilton
- David Torrence as Partington
- Randolph Scott as Larry Rivers
- Hale Hamilton Cast
- Fortunio Bonanova Cast
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