Prosperity (film)

Prosperity is a 1932 American comedydrama film starring Marie Dressler and Polly Moran. The two leading actresses play longtime matriarchal ladies comically sparring off each other, and trying to control their intertwined lives.

As the story goes on, Lizzie has a panic attack based on rumors about the bank going to bellyup. She hysterically withdraws all her money causing all other customers in the bank to panic and they in return take out their money. The Warren family bank is forced to close. Maggies naive son gets swindled out of his mothers bonds. As farces go, at the end the swindlers are caught and Maggies matriarchal resourcefulness with her wisedup son gets the bank solvent again, and the two matriarchal families are bonded with mirthful resolutions. According to MGM records the film earned 1,166,000 in the US and Canada and 348,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of 378,000. ........

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