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.
Jack Wagner, Noel M. Smith

The Mechanical Drudgery of the DisenfranchisedIn the cinematic landscape of 1927, That’s Rich stands as a fascinating, albeit brief, exploration of the transactional nature of human empathy. Directed through the sharp narrative lens of Jack Wagner and Noel M. Smith, the film introduces us to Arthur (Arthur Trimble), a ...

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Noel M. Smith

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"The Mechanical Drudgery of the DisenfranchisedIn the cinematic landscape of 1927, That’s Rich stands as a fascinating, albeit brief, exploration of the transactional nature of human empathy. Directed through the sharp narrative lens of Jack Wagner and Noel M. Smith, the film introduces us to Arthur (Arthur Trimble), a boy whose childhood is not defined by play, but by the rhythmic clanking of wrenches and the oppressive weight of fosterage. Unlike the more romanticized versions of orphanhood fou..."
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