A Successful Calamity (1932)
1h 12m
Running Time
September 17, 1932Release Date
A Successful Calamity (1932)
1h 12m
Running Time
September 17, 1932Release Date
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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.
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Cast & Crew.
George Arliss
Henry Wilton
Mary Astor
Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
Evalyn Knapp
Peggy Wilton
William Janney
Eddie Wilton
Grant Mitchell
Connors - Wilton's Butler
David Torrence
Partington
John G. Adolfi
Director
Clare Kummer
Writer
Hardie Albright
George Struthers
Maude T. Howell
Writer
Randolph Scott
Larry Rivers
Hale Hamilton
John Belde
Julien Josephson
Writer
Fortunio Bonanova
Pietro Rafaelo
Austin Parker
Writer
Oscar Apfel
President of the United States
James Van Trees
Cinematographer
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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Wiki.
A Successful Calamity is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring George Arliss, supported by Mary Astor and Evalyn Knapp, and directed by John G. Adolfi. Based on the 1917 play A Successful Calamity by Clare Kummer, the film is about an elderly millionaire who must deal with his selfish, young second wife and a pair of spoiled, grown children.