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A Successful Calamity (1932)

1932-09-17 · 1h 12m · EN
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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.

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Julien JosephsonWriterJohn G. AdolfiDirectorAustin ParkerWriterMaude T. HowellWriter

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George ArlissGeorge ArlissHenry WiltonMary AstorMary AstorEmmy 'Sweetie' WiltonEvalyn KnappEvalyn KnappPeggy WiltonGrant MitchellGrant MitchellConnorsWilliam JanneyWilliam JanneyEddie WiltonDavid TorrenceDavid TorrencePartingtonHardie AlbrightHardie AlbrightGeorge StruthersRandolph ScottRandolph ScottLarry RiversHale HamiltonHale HamiltonJohn BeldeFortunio BonanovaFortunio BonanovaPietro RafaeloOscar ApfelOscar ApfelPresident of the United StatesLeon AmesLeon AmesBarney Davis

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High societyPianistPre-code

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Genre affinityComedy · DramaTheme affinityHigh Society · Pianist · Pre CodeDialogue densityComedy · DramaPacingShortDirector preference342704Actor preference308886 · 90755 · 435808

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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.

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A Successful Calamity has a runtime of 72 minutes.

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