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The Idle Rich

"Wealth and position clash with poverty in a sterling talking feature drama made from the stage success, "White Collars"!"

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1929 · 1h 20m
Comedy
Starring Conrad Nagel · Bessie Love · Leila Hyams
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Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her family, part of "the great middle class" (as blowhard nephew Henry keeps reminding us), is happy for Joan, but reluctant to take charity from Will. He moves in with them, and they keep resisting, until one day he takes drastic action.

Theatrical
Jun 15, 1929
Director
William C. deMille
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Keywords
marriage middle class class distinction
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C
Conrad Nagel
William van Luyn
B
Bessie Love
Helen Thayer
L
Leila Hyams
Joan Thayer
R
Robert Ober
Henry Thayer
J
James Neill
Mr. Phil Thayer
E
Edythe Chapman
Mrs. Alice Thayer
P
Paul Kruger
Tom Gibney
K
Kenneth Gibson
Frank Thayer

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