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!

Comedy Drama

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.

star 5.2 6.9
  • Release Date: 1932-09-17
  • Runtime: 1h 12min
  • Director: John G. Adolfi

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Cast

  • George Arliss

    Henry Wilton

  • Mary Astor

    Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton

  • Evalyn Knapp

    Peggy Wilton

  • Grant Mitchell

    Connors

  • William Janney

    Eddie Wilton

  • David Torrence

    Partington

  • Hardie Albright

    George Struthers

  • Randolph Scott

    Larry Rivers

  • Hale Hamilton

    John Belde

  • Fortunio Bonanova

    Pietro Rafaelo

  • Oscar Apfel

    President of the United States

  • Leon Ames

    Barney Davis

  • Elspeth Dudgeon

    Musicale Guest (uncredited)

  • Allan Lane

    Polo Player (uncredited)

  • Claire McDowell

    Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)

  • Murray Kinnell

    Alfred Curtis - The Broker

  • Harold Minjir

    Watson - Eddie's Valet (as Harold Minjur)

  • Barbara Leonard

    Pauline - The French Maid

  • Eula Guy

    Jane - the Cook's Helper

  • Virginia Hammond

    Mrs. Langstreet

  • Richard Tucker

    Lawrence - Partington's Partner

  • Charles Coleman

    Emmy's Musicale Butler

  • Jack Rutherford

    Wilton's Chauffeur (as John Rutherford)

  • Helena Phillips Evans

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

  • Bill Elliott

    Polo Player (uncredited)

  • Charles E. Evans

    Furniture Mover (uncredited)

  • Lew Harvey

    Photographer at Train (uncredited)

  • Fred Howard

    Reporter at Train (uncredited)

  • Lillian Lawrence

    Musicale Guest (uncredited)

  • Kate Drain Lawson

    Musicale Guest (uncredited)

  • Nola Luxford

    Mary (uncredited)

  • Buddy Roosevelt

    Polo Player With Drinks (uncredited)

  • Ellinor Vanderveer

    Musicale Guest (uncredited)

  • Florence Wix

    Musicale Guest (uncredited)

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