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A Successful Calamity

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Original title

Year

1932

Running time

72 min.

Country

United States

Director

John G. Adolfi

Screenwriter

Maude T. Howell, Julien Josephson, Austin Parker. Play: Clare Kummer

Cast

Music

Bernhard Kaun

Cinematography

James Van Trees

Producer

Warner Bros.. Distributor: Warner Bros.

Genre

Comedy. Drama | Sophisticated Comedy

Synopsis

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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A Successful Calamity

1932

John G. Adolfi