A Successful Calamity (1932)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1932-09-17
Director: John G. Adolfi
Writers: Clare Kummer , Maude T. Howell , Julien Josephson , Austin Parker
Language: English
Stars: George Arliss , Mary Astor , Evalyn Knapp , Grant Mitchell (I) (1874–1957) , Hardie Albright , William Janney , David Torrence (1864–1951) , Randolph Scott , Hale Hamilton , Fortunio Bonanova (1895–1969)
Runtime: 72 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: A Successful Calamity (United States of America) , Piękna katastrofa (Poland) , A Successful Calamity , Una famiglia 900 (Italy) , Успешное бедствие (Russian Federation) , Rettender Ruin , A Successful Calamity (France, French Republic) , A Successful Calamity (United Kingdom) , Manias de Gente Rica (Brazil) , Un dezastru reusit (Romania) , Calamidad con suerte (Spain)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0023537