A Successful Calamity
17/09/1932
1h 12m



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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
Henry Wilton


Mary Astor
Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton


Evalyn Knapp
Peggy Wilton


Grant Mitchell
Connors


William Janney
Eddie Wilton


David Torrence
Partington


Hardie Albright
George Struthers


Randolph Scott
Larry Rivers


Hale Hamilton
John Belde


Fortunio Bonanova
Pietro Rafaelo


Oscar Apfel
President of the United States


Leon Ames
Barney Davis


Elspeth Dudgeon
Musicale Guest (uncredited)


Allan Lane
Polo Player (uncredited)


Claire McDowell
Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)


Murray Kinnell
Alfred Curtis - The Broker


Harold Minjir
Watson - Eddie's Valet (as Harold Minjur)


Barbara Leonard
Pauline - The French Maid


Eula Guy
Jane - the Cook's Helper


Virginia Hammond
Mrs. Langstreet


Richard Tucker
Lawrence - Partington's Partner


Charles Coleman
Emmy's Musicale Butler


Jack Rutherford
Wilton's Chauffeur (as John Rutherford)
Helena Phillips Evans
Lily - the Wilton's Cook (as Helena Phillips)


Bill Elliott
Polo Player (uncredited)
Charles E. Evans
Furniture Mover (uncredited)


Lew Harvey
Photographer at Train (uncredited)
Fred Howard
Reporter at Train (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence
Musicale Guest (uncredited)


Kate Drain Lawson
Musicale Guest (uncredited)


Nola Luxford
Mary (uncredited)


Buddy Roosevelt
Polo Player With Drinks (uncredited)


Ellinor Vanderveer
Musicale Guest (uncredited)


Florence Wix
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
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