
Siblings Albert and Harriet Spottiswood hire fake staff to impress visiting British nobles with their decaying mansion. A fraudulent Hindu Prince appears with blackmail schemes.


You should definitely watch The Poor Rich tonight if you have a soft spot for 1930s comedies where everyone talks at the exact same time. But if you cannot stand old-fashioned stage plays where people constantly hide behind doors, you will probably hate it and turn it off after ten minutes. The plot is a total mess ab...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

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"You should definitely watch The Poor Rich tonight if you have a soft spot for 1930s comedies where everyone talks at the exact same time. But if you cannot stand old-fashioned stage plays where people constantly hide behind doors, you will probably hate it and turn it off after ten minutes. The plot is a total mess about two broke siblings, played by Edward Everett Horton and Edna May Oliver, trying to look wealthy. They hire some incredibly incompetent locals to act as their servants because s..."
Ebba Havez, Dale Van Every
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