![A Successful Calamity](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FArnJAfUxfV15fmRpLcvm0VXx9v6.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
A Successful Calamity
WITH A SNAP OF HIS FINGERS HE THROWS MILLIONS AWAY BECAUSE HE WANTED LAUGHS! He turned from a human check book into a human being and taught his family to laugh!
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.
A Successful Calamity
Rating
5.2/10
Release Date
1932-09-17
Runtime
72 minutes
Status
Released
Cast
![George Arliss](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FyDyriFY1dvggJv3Aq6FZfT7Y3st.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
George Arliss
Henry Wilton
![Mary Astor](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2Fg5iKOHKkpTAQUNOodgCEInrmtiU.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Mary Astor
Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
![Evalyn Knapp](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FcilvATKn7SWghVG8poLcJaiSOqc.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Evalyn Knapp
Peggy Wilton
![Grant Mitchell](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F1jSSSQNl8sSYGWOPx0yJIBKpUrQ.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Grant Mitchell
Connors
![William Janney](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FE3JPh489PjAldpTJQy4Tvu09f1.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
William Janney
Eddie Wilton
![David Torrence](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FlgLl4dCLGr1LHc7aLFA3ech24cP.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
David Torrence
Partington
![Hardie Albright](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FqGL5I64xIbXW77eW2lGhatmS78q.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Hardie Albright
George Struthers
![Randolph Scott](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2Fr46XgQMSRVwmQLn3NhUseU32ZuW.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Randolph Scott
Larry Rivers
![Hale Hamilton](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FfQbwcHY7KLdylzv5ThMG1qKuKGK.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Hale Hamilton
John Belde
![Fortunio Bonanova](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F39RJP5GMzaw1Bh6hBaYK6qsEDW1.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Fortunio Bonanova
Pietro Rafaelo
![Oscar Apfel](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2F1HxUEleoPk99JVDqzEDzaljMLih.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Oscar Apfel
President of the United States
![Leon Ames](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FQyNQUvF8jD6sNdBY0a3O3hgLSQ.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Leon Ames
Barney Davis
Production Companies
![The Vitaphone Corporation](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2Faue5pVfj9TcjYEOufkcuCbAL5hE.png&w=3840&q=75)
The Vitaphone Corporation
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Warner Bros. Pictures