A Successful Calamity (1932)
Comedy
Drama
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
Henry Wilton
Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
President of the United States
Barney Davis
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Polo Player (uncredited)
Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
Alfred Curtis - The Broker
Watson - Eddie's Valet (as Harold Minjur)
Pauline - The French Maid
Jane - the Cook's Helper
Mrs. Langstreet
Peggy Wilton
Lawrence - Partington's Partner
Emmy's Musicale Butler
Wilton's Chauffeur (as John Rutherford)
Lily - the Wilton's Cook (as Helena Phillips)
Polo Player (uncredited)
Furniture Mover (uncredited)
Photographer at Train (uncredited)
Reporter at Train (uncredited)
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Connors
Mary (uncredited)
Polo Player With Drinks (uncredited)
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Eddie Wilton
Partington
George Struthers
Larry Rivers
John Belde
Pietro Rafaelo
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