A Successful Calamity
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“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!”
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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George Arliss
Henry Wilton
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Disraeli
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Mary Astor
Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
Known for
The Maltese Falcon
Meet Me in St. Louis
Evalyn Knapp
Peggy Wilton
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His Private Secretary
Smart Money
Grant Mitchell
Connors
Known for
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
William Janney
Eddie Wilton
Known for
Bonnie Scotland
David Torrence
Partington
Known for
City Girl
Queen Christina
Hardie Albright
George Struthers
Known for
The Pride of the Yankees
Three on a Match
Randolph Scott
Larry Rivers
Known for
Ride the High Country
Ride Lonesome
Hale Hamilton
John Belde
Known for
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
The Champ
Fortunio Bonanova
Pietro Rafaelo
Known for
Citizen Kane
Double Indemnity
Oscar Apfel
President of the United States
Also in
The Texan
Hell's Highway
Leon Ames
Barney Davis
Known for
Mister Ed
Meet Me in St. Louis
John G. Adolfi Director · Julien Josephson Writer Austin Parker Writer
United States release September 17, 1932 · Produced in United States · Production Warner Bros. Pictures
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The Vitaphone Corporation
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Warner Bros. Pictures
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 17, 1932
Theatrical
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