The Idle Rich (1929)
Wealth and position clash with poverty in a sterling talking feature drama made from the stage success, "White Collars"!
88 min
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.
- Release date
- June 15, 1929
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Conrad Nagel as William Van Luyn
- Bessie Love as Helen Thayer
- Leila Hyams as Joan Thayer aka Joan Van Luyn
- Robert Ober as Henry Thayer
- James Neill as Mr. Thayer
- Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Thayer
- Paul Kruger as Tom Gibney
- Kenneth Gibson as Frank Thayer
Crew
- William C. de Mille · Director
- Edith Ellis · Writer
- Edgar Franklin · Writer
- Clara Beranger · Writer
- Leonard Smith · Cinematographer
- Conrad A. Nervig · Editor