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A Successful Calamity
A Successful Calamity
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A Successful Calamity

1932
Directed byJohn G. Adolfi
1h 12m

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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George ArlissHenry WiltonMary AstorEmmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
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Evalyn KnappPeggy Wilton
Grant MitchellConnors
William JanneyEddie Wilton
David TorrencePartington
Hardie AlbrightGeorge Struthers
Randolph ScottLarry Rivers
Hale HamiltonJohn Belde
Fortunio BonanovaPietro Rafaelo
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GENRES
ComedyDrama
STATUSReleased
RATING
5.2

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