A Successful Calamity
5.2
72 minutes
9/17/1932
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.
Cast List
George Arliss
as Henry Wilton
Mary Astor
as Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
Evalyn Knapp
as Peggy Wilton
Grant Mitchell
as Connors
William Janney
as Eddie Wilton
David Torrence
as Partington
Hardie Albright
as George Struthers
Randolph Scott
as Larry Rivers
Hale Hamilton
as John Belde
Fortunio Bonanova
as Pietro Rafaelo
Oscar Apfel
as President of the United States
Leon Ames
as Barney Davis
Elspeth Dudgeon
as Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Allan Lane
as Polo Player (uncredited)
Claire McDowell
as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
Murray Kinnell
as Alfred Curtis - The Broker
Harold Minjir
as Watson - Eddie's Valet (as Harold Minjur)
Barbara Leonard
as Pauline - The French Maid
Eula Guy
as Jane - the Cook's Helper
Virginia Hammond
as Mrs. Langstreet
Richard Tucker
as Lawrence - Partington's Partner
Charles Coleman
as Emmy's Musicale Butler
Jack Rutherford
as Wilton's Chauffeur (as John Rutherford)
Helena Phillips Evans
as Lily - the Wilton's Cook (as Helena Phillips)
Bill Elliott
as Polo Player (uncredited)
Charles E. Evans
as Furniture Mover (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
as Photographer at Train (uncredited)
Fred Howard
as Reporter at Train (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence
as Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Kate Drain Lawson
as Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Nola Luxford
as Mary (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
as Polo Player With Drinks (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
as Musicale Guest (uncredited)
Florence Wix
as Musicale Guest (uncredited)