RSC Movies

A Successful Calamity

A Successful Calamity is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring George Arliss, supported by Mary Astor and Evelyn Knapp, and directed by John G. Adolfi. Based on the 1917 play A Successful Calamity by Clare Kummer, the film is about an elderly millionaire who must deal with his selfish, young second wife and a pair of spoiled, grown children.