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    A Successful Calamity

    72'

    1932-09-17

    5.6

    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!

    Comedy,Drama

    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.

    WritingClare KummerDirectingJohn G. Adolfi

    Cast

    1

    Henry Wilton

    George Arliss

    1

    Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton

    Mary Astor

    1

    Peggy Wilton

    Evalyn Knapp

    1

    Connors

    Grant Mitchell

    1

    Eddie Wilton

    William Janney

    1

    Partington

    David Torrence

    1

    George Struthers

    Hardie Albright

    2

    Larry Rivers

    Randolph Scott

    1

    John Belde

    Hale Hamilton

    1

    Pietro Rafaelo

    Fortunio Bonanova

    1

    President of the United States

    Oscar Apfel

    1

    Barney Davis

    Leon Ames

    1

    Musicale Guest (uncredited)

    Elspeth Dudgeon

    1

    Polo Player (uncredited)

    Allan Lane

    1

    Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)

    Claire McDowell

    1

    Alfred Curtis - The Broker

    Murray Kinnell

    1

    Watson - Eddie's Valet (as Harold Minjur)

    Harold Minjir

    1

    Pauline - The French Maid

    Barbara Leonard

    1

    Jane - the Cook's Helper

    Eula Guy

    1

    Mrs. Langstreet

    Virginia Hammond

    1

    Lawrence - Partington's Partner

    Richard Tucker

    1

    Emmy's Musicale Butler

    Charles Coleman

    1

    Wilton's Chauffeur (as John Rutherford)

    Jack Rutherford

    1

    Lily - the Wilton's Cook (as Helena Phillips)

    Helena Phillips Evans

    1

    Polo Player (uncredited)

    Bill Elliott

    1

    Furniture Mover (uncredited)

    Charles E. Evans

    1

    Photographer at Train (uncredited)

    Lew Harvey

    1

    Reporter at Train (uncredited)

    Fred Howard

    1

    Musicale Guest (uncredited)

    Lillian Lawrence

    1

    Musicale Guest (uncredited)

    Kate Drain Lawson

    1

    Mary (uncredited)

    Nola Luxford

    1

    Polo Player With Drinks (uncredited)

    Buddy Roosevelt

    1

    Musicale Guest (uncredited)

    Ellinor Vanderveer

    1

    Musicale Guest (uncredited)

    Florence Wix

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. The Vitaphone Corporation
      2. Warner Bros. Pictures
    • Vote Count: 7
    • Popularity: 0.6729
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:A Successful Calamity

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