A Successful Calamity
Comedy | Drama
Release Date
September 17, 1932
Duration
72 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
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.
Casts
Henry Wilton
George Arliss
Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
Mary Astor
Peggy Wilton
Evalyn Knapp
Connors
Grant Mitchell
Eddie Wilton
William Janney
Partington
David Torrence
George Struthers
Hardie Albright
Larry Rivers
Randolph Scott
John Belde
Hale Hamilton
Pietro Rafaelo
Fortunio Bonanova
President of the United States
Oscar Apfel
Barney Davis
Leon Ames
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
Polo Player (uncredited)
Allan Lane
Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
Claire McDowell
Alfred Curtis - The Broker
Murray Kinnell
Watson - Eddie's Valet (as Harold Minjur)
Harold Minjir
Pauline - The French Maid
Barbara Leonard
Jane - the Cook's Helper
Eula Guy
Mrs. Langstreet
Virginia Hammond
Lawrence - Partington's Partner
Richard Tucker
Emmy's Musicale Butler
Charles Coleman
Wilton's Chauffeur (as John Rutherford)
Jack Rutherford
Lily - the Wilton's Cook (as Helena Phillips)
Helena Phillips Evans
Polo Player (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
Furniture Mover (uncredited)
Charles E. Evans
Photographer at Train (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
Reporter at Train (uncredited)
Fred Howard
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Kate Drain Lawson
Mary (uncredited)
Nola Luxford
Polo Player With Drinks (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Florence Wix
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