A Successful Calamity

A Successful Calamity

5.2 | 1932-09-17 | Comedy Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Clare Kummer Writer
John G. Adolfi Director
William Forsyth Casting Assistant
Howard Bretherton Editor
Austin Parker Writer
Maude T. Howell Writer
Lucien Hubbard Producer
Anton Grot Production Design
Julien Josephson Writer
James Van Trees Director of Photography

Cast

George Arliss
George Arliss
Henry Wilton
Mary Astor
Mary Astor
Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
Evalyn Knapp
Evalyn Knapp
Peggy Wilton
William Janney
William Janney
Eddie Wilton
David Torrence
David Torrence
Partington
Hardie Albright
Hardie Albright
George Struthers
Randolph Scott
Randolph Scott
Larry Rivers
Hale Hamilton
Hale Hamilton
John Belde
Fortunio Bonanova
Fortunio Bonanova
Pietro Rafaelo

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