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A Successful Calamity
4.8
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1h 12m
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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
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George Arliss
Henry Wilton
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Mary Astor
Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
![Evalyn Knapp pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FcilvATKn7SWghVG8poLcJaiSOqc.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Evalyn Knapp
Peggy Wilton
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Grant Mitchell
Connors
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William Janney
Eddie Wilton
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David Torrence
Partington
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Hardie Albright
George Struthers
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Randolph Scott
Larry Rivers
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Hale Hamilton
John Belde
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Fortunio Bonanova
Pietro Rafaelo
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Oscar Apfel
President of the United States
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Leon Ames
Barney Davis
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Elspeth Dudgeon
Musicale Guest (uncredited)
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Allan Lane
Polo Player (uncredited)
![Claire McDowell pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FlITEhC4pY2UiqmItzQMBnexxcMU.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Claire McDowell
Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
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