Underplayed Gems

The Idle Rich (1929)

The Idle Rich poster
Directed by
William Churchill deMille
Genre
romantic comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A wealthy family deals with the complications of a young woman entering their lives. The story follows their romantic entanglements and social adjustments.

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What happens

The Idle Rich is a 1929 American Pre-Code early sound comedy film produced and released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and directed by William C. deMille. It is based on the Broadway play White Collars by Edith Ellis, which had played at the Egan Theater in Los Angeles in 1924 before moving to the Cort Theatre in New York. The film is extant, and was released on DVD in 2012 from WarnerArchive Collection. This film was remade in 1938 as Rich Man, Poor Girl with Robert Young and Ruth Hussey. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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