🎬 Comedy

The Idle Rich

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

⭐ 6.6/10 1929 1h 20m Dir. William C. deMille

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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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6.6/10 5 votes

Quick facts

Year
1929
Runtime
1h 20m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.6/10
Votes
5
Genre
Comedy
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Comedy 🎬 William C. deMille 👤 Conrad Nagel 👤 Bessie Love 👤 Leila Hyams
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Questions about The Idle Rich

The Idle Rich has a runtime of 1h 20m (1 hour and 20 minutes).
The Idle Rich was directed by William C. deMille and released in 1929.
The Idle Rich is a Comedy film (1929).
The cast of The Idle Rich includes Conrad Nagel, Bessie Love, Leila Hyams, Robert Ober, James Neill.
The Idle Rich has a TMDB rating of 6.6/10 based on 5 votes.

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