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!
1932-09-17 | 72 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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George ArlissHenry Wilton
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Mary AstorEmmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
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Evalyn KnappPeggy Wilton
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Grant MitchellConnors
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William JanneyEddie Wilton
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David TorrencePartington
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Hardie AlbrightGeorge Struthers
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Randolph ScottLarry Rivers
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Hale HamiltonJohn Belde
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Fortunio BonanovaPietro Rafaelo
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Oscar ApfelPresident of the United States
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Leon AmesBarney Davis
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Elspeth DudgeonMusicale Guest (uncredited)
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Allan LanePolo Player (uncredited)
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Claire McDowellStruthers' Secretary (uncredited)
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Murray KinnellAlfred Curtis - The Broker
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Harold MinjirWatson - Eddie's Valet (as Harold Minjur)
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Barbara LeonardPauline - The French Maid
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Eula GuyJane - the Cook's Helper
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Virginia HammondMrs. Langstreet
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