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The Idle Rich

1929 · 1h 20m · Comedy

Wealth and position clash with poverty in a sterling talking feature drama made from the stage success, "White Collars"!

Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her family, part of "the great middle class" (as blowhard nephew Henry keeps reminding us), is happy for Joan, but reluctant to take charity from Will. He moves in with them, and they keep resisting, until one day he takes drastic action.

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Cast

• Conrad Nagel as William van Luyn
• Bessie Love as Helen Thayer
• Leila Hyams as Joan Thayer
• Robert Ober as Henry Thayer
• James Neill as Mr. Phil Thayer
• Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Alice Thayer
• Paul Kruger as Tom Gibney
• Kenneth Gibson as Frank Thayer

Details

Director

William C. deMille

Released

June 15, 1929

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Comedy

Studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Status

Released

TMDB score

6.6 / 10 from 5 votes