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  • The Poor Rich (1934)
  • 77 min | Comedy
The Poor Rich (1934)
77 min | Comedy

The last of the once-wealthy Spottiswood family are siblings Albert and Harriet, who try desperately to spruce up the crumbling old family mansion, where they hope to impress the Fetherstones, a visiting clan of British aristocrats with a ...See moreThe last of the once-wealthy Spottiswood family are siblings Albert and Harriet, who try desperately to spruce up the crumbling old family mansion, where they hope to impress the Fetherstones, a visiting clan of British aristocrats with a marriageable daughter. They hire an itinerant jack-of-all-trades to be butler and cook, and a door-to-door salesgirl to be the maid. Unfortunately, a sham Hindoo Prince arrives to blackmail the Spottiswoods. Written by WesternOne See less
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Director
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Ebba Havez (original screenplay) | Dale Van Every (original screenplay)
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Updated Feb 6, 1934

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Feb 26, 1934 (United States)

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16 cast members
Name Known for
Edward Everett Horton
Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood   See fewer
Edna May Oliver
Harriet Spottiswood Harriet Spottiswood   See fewer
Leila Hyams
Grace Hunter Grace Hunter   See fewer
Grant Mitchell
Tom Hopkins Tom Hopkins   See fewer
Thelma Todd
Gwendolyn Fetherstone Gwendolyn Fetherstone   See fewer
Una O'Connor
Lady Fetherstone Lady Fetherstone   See fewer
E.E. Clive
Lord Fetherstone Lord Fetherstone   See fewer
John Miljan
Prince Abdul Hamidshan Prince Abdul Hamidshan   See fewer
Sidney Bracey
Arbuthnot Arbuthnot   See fewer
Jack Rube Clifford
Station Agent Station Agent   See fewer
Ward Bond
Motor Cop Motor Cop   See fewer
Edward Brophy
Flannigan Flannigan   See fewer
George Beranger
Farmer (uncredited) Farmer (uncredited)   See fewer
Walter Brennan
Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited) Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)   See fewer
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