The Idle Rich

5.7
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 80 min
  • Premiere: 1929. June 15.

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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Conrad Nagel

William van Luyn

Bessie Love

Helen Thayer

Leila Hyams

Joan Thayer

Robert Ober

Henry Thayer

James Neill

Mr. Phil Thayer

Edythe Chapman

Mrs. Alice Thayer

Paul Kruger

Tom Gibney

Kenneth Gibson

Frank Thayer

Art

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Camera

Leonard Smith

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Sound

Douglas Shearer

Sound Engineer

Writing

Edgar Franklin

Adaptation

Art

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Camera

Leonard Smith

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Sound

Douglas Shearer

Sound Engineer

Writing

Edgar Franklin

Adaptation