The Idle Rich

The Idle Rich (1929)


  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 1929-06-15
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 20min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: William C. de Mille
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Summary

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

    as William van Luyn
  • Bessie Love

    as Helen Thayer
  • Leila Hyams

    as Joan Thayer
  • Robert Ober

    as Henry Thayer
  • James Neill

    as Mr. Phil Thayer
  • Edythe Chapman

    as Mrs. Alice Thayer
  • Paul Kruger

    as Tom Gibney
  • Kenneth Gibson

    as Frank Thayer
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Directing William C. de Mille Director
Writing Edgar Franklin Adaptation
Editing Conrad A. Nervig Editor
Camera Leonard Smith Director of Photography
Sound Douglas Shearer Sound Engineer
Writing Clara Beranger Writer

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