A Successful Calamity

A Successful Calamity (1932)

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!

  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Release Date: 1932-09-17
  • User Rating: 5.2/10 from 6 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 12min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: The Vitaphone Corporation
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: John G. Adolfi
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Summary

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

    as Henry Wilton

  • Mary Astor

    as Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton

  • Evalyn Knapp

    as Peggy Wilton

  • Grant Mitchell

    as Connors

  • William Janney

    as Eddie Wilton

  • David Torrence

    as Partington

  • Hardie Albright

    as George Struthers

  • Randolph Scott

    as Larry Rivers

  • Hale Hamilton

    as John Belde

  • Fortunio Bonanova

    as Pietro Rafaelo

  • Oscar Apfel

    as President of the United States

  • Leon Ames

    as Barney Davis

  • Elspeth Dudgeon

    as Musicale Guest (uncredited)

  • Allan Lane

    as Polo Player (uncredited)

  • Claire McDowell

    as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)

  • Murray Kinnell

    as Alfred Curtis - The Broker

  • Harold Minjir

    as Watson - Eddie's Valet (as Harold Minjur)

  • Barbara Leonard

    as Pauline - The French Maid

  • Eula Guy

    as Jane - the Cook's Helper

  • Virginia Hammond

    as Mrs. Langstreet

  • Richard Tucker

    as Lawrence - Partington's Partner

  • Charles Coleman

    as Emmy's Musicale Butler

  • Jack Rutherford

    as Wilton's Chauffeur (as John Rutherford)

  • Helena Phillips Evans

    as Lily - the Wilton's Cook (as Helena Phillips)

  • Bill Elliott

    as Polo Player (uncredited)

  • Charles E. Evans

    as Furniture Mover (uncredited)

  • Lew Harvey

    as Photographer at Train (uncredited)

  • Fred Howard

    as Reporter at Train (uncredited)

  • Lillian Lawrence

    as Musicale Guest (uncredited)

  • Kate Drain Lawson

    as Musicale Guest (uncredited)

  • Nola Luxford

    as Mary (uncredited)

  • Buddy Roosevelt

    as Polo Player With Drinks (uncredited)

  • Ellinor Vanderveer

    as Musicale Guest (uncredited)

  • Florence Wix

    as Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Writing Clare Kummer Writer
Directing John G. Adolfi Director
Production William Forsyth Casting Assistant
Editing Howard Bretherton Editor
Writing Austin Parker Writer
Writing Maude T. Howell Writer
Production Lucien Hubbard Producer
Art Anton Grot Production Design
Writing Julien Josephson Writer
Camera James Van Trees Director of Photography
Sound Bernhard Kaun Original Music Composer

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