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The Idle Rich is a american film of genre Comedy directed by William C. de Mille released in USA on 15 june 1929 with Conrad Nagel

The Idle Rich (1929)

The Idle Rich
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Released in USA 15 june 1929
Length 1h20
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Romantic comedy
Rating58% 2.9098552.9098552.9098552.9098552.909855

The Idle Rich is a 1929 American Pre-Code early sound comedy film produced and released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and directed by William C. deMille. It is based on the Broadway play White Collars by Edith Ellis.

On January 31, 2012, this film became available on DVD from WarnerArchive Collection. This movie was remade as Rich Man, Poor Girl in 1938, starring Robert Young and Ruth Hussey.

Synopsis

Wealthy businessman William "Will" Van Luyn (Conrad Nagel) proposes to his secretary, Joan Thayer (Leila Hyams). She accepts, but worries how her family will react. When he meets them for the first time, little sister Helen (Bessie Love) is delighted by the advantages he will bring, but cousin Henry starts lecturing him on the virtues of the downtrodden middle class. The rich can afford medical treatment, and the poor can rely on the government to pay the bills, but the middle class has to shoulder the financial burden on its own. Nevertheless, Will marries Joan.

Actors

Conrad Nagel

(William van Luyn)Bessie Love

(Helen Thayer)Leila Hyams

(Joan Thayer)James Neill

(Mr. Thayer)Edythe Chapman

(Mrs. Alice Thayer)
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