A Successful Calamity (1932)

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Audience Score
48
A Successful Calamity
NR 1 hr 12 minSep 17th, 1932Drama, Comedy
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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 familys mettle Henry pretends to have gone broke Just as he suspected they would his children rally to their fathers side and change their ways Peggy forsakes the fortune hunter George Struthers for the nice young man shes 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
WritersJulien JosephsonAustin ParkerMaude T. Howell

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:September 17th, 1932
Original Language:English
Production Companies:The Vitaphone Corporation Warner Bros Pictures
Movie Tags:pre-code