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A Successful Calamity

Genre:ComedyDrama

Released:1932-09-17

Runtime:72

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

Character: Henry Wilton

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Mary Astor

Character: Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton

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Evalyn Knapp

Character: Peggy Wilton

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Grant Mitchell

Character: Connors

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William Janney

Character: Eddie Wilton

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David Torrence

Character: Partington

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Hardie Albright

Character: George Struthers

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Randolph Scott

Character: Larry Rivers

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Hale Hamilton

Character: John Belde

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Fortunio Bonanova

Character: Pietro Rafaelo

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Oscar Apfel

Character: President of the United States

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Leon Ames

Character: Barney Davis

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Elspeth Dudgeon

Character: Musicale Guest (uncredited)

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Allan Lane

Character: Polo Player (uncredited)

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Claire McDowell

Character: Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)

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Murray Kinnell

Character: Alfred Curtis - The Broker

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Harold Minjir

Character: Watson - Eddie's Valet (as Harold Minjur)

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Barbara Leonard

Character: Pauline - The French Maid

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Eula Guy

Character: Jane - the Cook's Helper

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Virginia Hammond

Character: Mrs. Langstreet

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Richard Tucker

Character: Lawrence - Partington's Partner

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Charles Coleman

Character: Emmy's Musicale Butler

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Jack Rutherford

Character: Wilton's Chauffeur (as John Rutherford)

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Helena Phillips Evans

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

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Bill Elliott

Character: Polo Player (uncredited)

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Charles E. Evans

Character: Furniture Mover (uncredited)

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Lew Harvey

Character: Photographer at Train (uncredited)

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Fred Howard

Character: Reporter at Train (uncredited)

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Lillian Lawrence

Character: Musicale Guest (uncredited)

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Kate Drain Lawson

Character: Musicale Guest (uncredited)

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Nola Luxford

Character: Mary (uncredited)

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Buddy Roosevelt

Character: Polo Player With Drinks (uncredited)

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Ellinor Vanderveer

Character: Musicale Guest (uncredited)

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Florence Wix

Character: Musicale Guest (uncredited)

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