A Successful Calamity (1932)

A Successful Calamity (1932)

1932-09-17 United States of America 72 Min. PG-13
5.167 6 votes

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.

Cast

George Arliss is Henry Wilton
Henry Wilton
Mary Astor is Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
Evalyn Knapp is Peggy Wilton
Peggy Wilton
William Janney is Eddie Wilton
Eddie Wilton
David Torrence is Partington
Partington
Hardie Albright is George Struthers
George Struthers
Randolph Scott is Larry Rivers
Larry Rivers
Hale Hamilton is John Belde
John Belde
Fortunio Bonanova is Pietro Rafaelo
Pietro Rafaelo
Oscar Apfel is President of the United States
President of the United States
Leon Ames is Barney Davis
Barney Davis