A Successful Calamity (1932) — Top Movie Database

Production companies : The Vitaphone Corporation / Warner Bros. Pictures /

September 17, 1932 1h 12m United States of America Comedy English More

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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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title：A Successful Calamity
status：Released
Release date： 1932
Runtime：1h 12m
Genres： Comedy · Drama ·
Countries of origin： United States of America ·
Original Language： English ·
Director： John G. Adolfi /
Writers： Clare Kummer · Austin Parker · Maude T. Howell · Julien Josephson ·
Production companies： The Vitaphone Corporation · Warner Bros. Pictures ·
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.