A Successful Calamity (1932)
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.
- Released
- 1932-09-17
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- John G. Adolfi
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- 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