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4.8 / 10 1h 12min

Comedy Drama

Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy and Eddie. To test his family's mettle, Henry pretends to have gone broke. Just as he suspected they would, his children rally to their father's side and change their ways: Peggy forsakes the fortune hunter George Struthers for the nice young man she's really in love with, the polo coach Larry Rivers, while Eddie applies for a demanding job and performs admirably. Only Sweetie seems to desert Henry.

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Review by user205pz1aviwd

64-year-old George Arliss with beautiful 25-year-old Mary Astor? No.

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Review by RainbowRoadrunner

Good early film on wealth and families

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Review by user59371hpg7cw

A marvelous little comedy that deserves to be remembered

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Review by user129fib90vh1

What happens when Pops is Away?

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Review by user8084vjqwlqd

Warm-hearted comedy with Arliss in top form

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Review by user114eb89tgqf

Arliss plays Rich Man, Poor Man

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Review by user2038y9vxw4x

No One Gets The Best of Arliss And His Screenwriters!

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Review by CrystalCrab

Another Audience Pleaser From Mr. George Arliss

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Review by GalaxyGoddess

As America's so-called "financial wizards" were bouncing off the sidewalks below . . .

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Review by user41kpxsvtnq

A comedy that had outlived its time.

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Review by user64jxcx17ke

"The poor don't get to go very often"

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Review by user4873rec29xj

Sweet films about good people are rare.

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Review by user222qoj0086l

man's success keeps him from spending time with family

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Review by user770fp4goxh7

Not All That Funny During the Depression - A Successful Calamity

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