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