A Successful Calamity (1932)
1h 12m
Running Time
September 17, 1932Release Date
A Successful Calamity (1932)
1h 12m
Running Time
September 17, 1932Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

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)
Media.

Details.
Release DateSeptember 17, 1932
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 12m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
pianist
pre-code
high society
Wiki.
A Successful Calamity is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring George Arliss, supported by Mary Astor and Evalyn Knapp, and directed by John G. Adolfi. Based on the 1917 play A Successful Calamity by Clare Kummer, the film is about an elderly millionaire who must deal with his selfish, young second wife and a pair of spoiled, grown children.
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