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The Poor Rich (1934)

The Big Laugh Show!

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 1H 17M

Director : Edward Sedgwick
Writer : Ebba Havez, Dale Van Every

Synopsis

Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood and his cousin Harriet Winthrop Spottiswood arrive separately at their long abandoned and very much run down family manor, each unaware that the other is going to be there, and since both have become penniless, they are forced to move into the dilapidated house. When Albert receives a letter from old acquaintances Lord and Lady Fetherstone advising the Spottiswoods of their impending visit to the manor, the cousins are at wit's end as to how to exercise non-existent skills required to make the old house acceptable for guest reception.

Actors

Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton
Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood
Edna May Oliver
Edna May Oliver
Harriet Spottiswood
Andy Devine
Andy Devine
Andy
Leila Hyams
Leila Hyams
Grace Hunter
Grant Mitchell
Grant Mitchell
Tom Hopkins
Thelma Todd
Thelma Todd
Gwendolyn Fetherstone
Una O'Connor
Una O'Connor
Lady Fetherstone
E. E. Clive
E. E. Clive
Lord Fetherstone
John Miljan
John Miljan
Prince Abdul Hamidshan
Sidney Bracey
Sidney Bracey
Arbuthnot
Jack Rube Clifford
Jack Rube Clifford
Station Agent
Henry Armetta
Henry Armetta
Tony
Ward Bond
Ward Bond
Motor Cop
Edward Brophy
Edward Brophy
Flannigan
Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan
Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)

Crews

George Robinson
George Robinson
Director of Photography
Edward Sedgwick
Edward Sedgwick
Director
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer
Dale Van Every
Dale Van Every
Associate Producer
Robert Carlisle
Robert Carlisle
Editor
Charles D. Hall
Charles D. Hall
Art Direction
Ebba Havez
Ebba Havez
Screenplay
Dale Van Every
Dale Van Every
Screenplay

Posters and backgrounds

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