The Idle Rich (1929)
1h 20m
Running Time
June 15, 1929Release Date
The Idle Rich (1929)
1h 20m
Running Time
June 15, 1929Release Date
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Plot.
Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her family, part of "the great middle class" (as blowhard nephew Henry keeps reminding us), is happy for Joan, but reluctant to take charity from Will. He moves in with them, and they keep resisting, until one day he takes drastic action.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Conrad Nagel
William Van Luyn
Bessie Love
Helen Thayer
Leila Hyams
Joan Thayer aka Joan Van Luyn
Robert Ober
Henry Thayer
James Neill
Mr. Thayer
Edythe Chapman
Mrs. Thayer
Edith Ellis Furness
Writer
Paul Kruger
Tom Gibney
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The Idle Rich is a 1929 American Pre-Code early sound comedy film produced and released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and directed by William C. deMille. It is based on the Broadway play White Collars by Edith Ellis, which had played at the Egan Theater in Los Angeles in 1924 before moving to the Cort Theatre in New York. The film is extant, and was released DVD in 2012 from WarnerArchive Collection.
This film was remade in 1938 as Rich Man, Poor Girl with Robert Young and Ruth Hussey.