A Successful Calamity
movie
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!
Released September 17, 1932
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.
Cast
George Arliss
as
Henry Wilton
Mary Astor
as
Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
Evalyn Knapp
as
Peggy Wilton
Grant Mitchell
as
Connors
William Janney
as
Eddie Wilton
David Torrence
as
Partington
Hardie Albright
as
George Struthers
Randolph Scott
as
Larry Rivers
Hale Hamilton
as
John Belde
Fortunio Bonanova
as
Pietro Rafaelo
Oscar Apfel
as
President of the United States
Leon Ames
as
Barney Davis
Crew
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Clare Kummer
as
Writer
John G. Adolfi
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Director
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William Forsyth
as
Casting Assistant
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Julien Josephson
as
Writer
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Maude T. Howell
as
Writer
Howard Bretherton
as
Editor
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Anton Grot
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Production Design
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Austin Parker
as
Writer
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Lucien Hubbard
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Producer
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James Van Trees
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Director of Photography
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Bernhard Kaun
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Original Music Composer