A Successful Calamity

A Successful Calamity

1932
1h 12m
5.2

5.2/10

6 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Drama

"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!"

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.

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Production Information

Production Companies
The Vitaphone Corporation Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

pianist pre-code high society

Quick Facts

Release Date September 17, 1932
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0023537

Cast

George Arliss
George Arliss

Henry Wilton

Mary Astor
Mary Astor

Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton

Evalyn Knapp
Evalyn Knapp

Peggy Wilton

Grant Mitchell
Grant Mitchell

Connors

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

Oscar Apfel
Oscar Apfel

President of the United States

Leon Ames
Leon Ames

Barney Davis

Key Crew

Clare Kummer
Writer
John G. Adolfi
Director
Julien Josephson
Writer
Maude T. Howell
Writer
Austin Parker
Writer
Lucien Hubbard
Producer