A Successful CalamityMovie
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.
About A Successful Calamity
A Successful Calamity is a 1932 comedy, drama movie directed by John G. Adolfi.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 12m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes George Arliss, Mary Astor, Evalyn Knapp, Grant Mitchell. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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