The Idle Rich
5.9
“Wealth and position clash with poverty in a sterling talking feature drama made from the stage success, "White Collars"!”
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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Cast
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Conrad Nagel
William van Luyn
Known for
All That Heaven Allows
The Divorcee
Bessie Love
Helen Thayer
Known for
The Lost World
The Broadway Melody
Leila Hyams
Joan Thayer
Known for
Freaks
Island of Lost Souls
Robert Ober
Henry Thayer
Known for
The Big Parade
James Neill
Mr. Phil Thayer
Known for
The Cheat
The Ten Commandments
Edythe Chapman
Mrs. Alice Thayer
Known for
The Ten Commandments
Paul Kruger
Tom Gibney
Also in
A Hatful of Rain
Raw Deal
Kenneth Gibson
Frank Thayer
Also in
Cleopatra
Slightly Scarlet
William C. deMille Director · Clara Beranger Writer Leonard Smith Cinematographer
United States release June 15, 1929 · Produced in United States
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Distribution
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 15, 1929
Theatrical
Brazil
July 7, 1929 · Theatrical · Montreal, Quebec, premiere
Ireland
April 11, 1930 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 2, 1929 · Theatrical
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