A Successful Calamity (1932)
- Directed by
- John G. Adolfi, Lucien Hubbard, Julien Josephson
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An old millionaire finds his second wife and adult children are selfish and entitled. He decides to teach them a lesson by pretending he has lost all his money.
light-heartedwrydatedmildly farcicalobservationalplayfulgentle satire
What happens
A Successful Calamity is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring George Arliss, supported by Mary Astor and Evalyn Knapp, and directed by John G. Adolfi. Based on the 1917 play A Successful Calamity by Clare Kummer, the film is about an elderly millionaire who must deal with his selfish, young second wife and a pair of spoiled, grown children. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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