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A Successful Calamity

5.619321h 12mNRMovieComedyDrama

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…

DirectorJohn G. Adolfi
WritersClare Kummer·Austin Parker
ProducerLucien Hubbard

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Cast · Directed by John G. Adolfi

GAGeorge Arliss
George Arliss
Henry Wilton
MAMary Astor
Mary Astor
Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton
EKEvalyn Knapp
Evalyn Knapp
Peggy Wilton
GMGrant Mitchell
Grant Mitchell
Connors
WJWilliam Janney
William Janney
Eddie Wilton
DTDavid Torrence
David Torrence
Partington
HAHardie Albright
Hardie Albright
George Struthers
RSRandolph Scott
Randolph Scott
Larry Rivers
HHHale Hamilton
Hale Hamilton
John Belde
FBFortunio Bonanova
Fortunio Bonanova
Pietro Rafaelo
OAOscar Apfel
Oscar Apfel
President of the United States
LALeon Ames
Leon Ames
Barney Davis

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A Successful Calamity — streaming FAQ

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Is A Successful Calamity on Netflix?

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A Successful Calamity hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around November 5, 1932. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.