Summary
A poignant yet cynical vignette of the silent era, 'That's Rich' navigates the precarious existence of Arthur, a foster child relegated to the status of a mechanized drudge within the soot-stained confines of a parochial garage. His life is a relentless cycle of manual labor and domestic servitude, orchestrated by a foster father whose affection is strictly transactional and whose cruelty is as pervasive as the grease on Arthur's hands. The arrival of a mysterious herald, bearing tidings of a million-dollar inheritance, triggers a grotesque metamorphosis in the household’s social hierarchy. Suddenly, the pariah is elevated to a pedestal of pampered luxury, his every whim indulged by those who formerly despised him. However, this newfound opulence is revealed to be a fragile mirage, predicated upon the delusions of an escapee from an asylum for the insane, resulting in a biting commentary on the ephemeral nature of human kindness when divorced from fiscal gain.
Synopsis
Arthur is a much-abused foster child who is forced to do nearly all the work, not only around the house but in his adopted father's garage as well. A man informs the foster father that the boy is heir to a million and for a brief space nothing is too good for him, until it develops that the chap is an inmate of an asylum for the insane.
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