A wealthy industrialist tests the loyalty of his spoiled children and selfish wife by pretending to be broke..
If you're into those dusty, black-and-white dramas where everyone speaks like they're reading from a fancy telegram, A Successful Calamity might be your speed. It's not for the impatient, and if you need a car chase or even a brisk walk, you’re going to be bored out of your mind. But for a rainy afternoon? It works. G...
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"If you're into those dusty, black-and-white dramas where everyone speaks like they're reading from a fancy telegram, A Successful Calamity might be your speed. It's not for the impatient, and if you need a car chase or even a brisk walk, you’re going to be bored out of your mind. But for a rainy afternoon? It works. George Arliss plays this industrialist, Harry Wilton, and he's got that specific kind of gravitas that makes you feel like you're in a library. He decides his family is a bunch of v..."
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