The Idle Rich

Name: The Idle Rich
Released: 1929
Rating: 6.6

1929 · Movie

80 min English

5 votes

Comedy

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…

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Cast, directors & writers

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

William C. deMille

Director

Edgar Franklin

Writer

Clara Beranger

Writer

Keywords

marriage middle class class distinction

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