The Idle Rich

The Idle Rich is a 1929 American PreCode early sound comedy film produced and released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and directed by William C. deMille. It is based on the Broadway play White Collars by Edith Ellis.145

Wealthy businessman William Will Van Luyn Conrad Nagel proposes to his secretary, Joan Thayer Leila Hyams. She accepts, but worries how her family will react. When he meets them for the first time, little sister Helen Bessie Love is delighted by the advantages he will bring, but cousin Henry starts lecturing him on the virtues of the downtrodden middle class. The rich can afford medical treatment, and the poor can rely on the government to pay the bills, but the middle class has to shoulder the financial burden on its own. Nevertheless, Will marries Joan.A month later, their honeymoon is interrupted when he has to return to the city to deal with a lawsuit. Joan insists that they stay in her familys apartment for a few weeks. Her father James Neill turns down Wills offer to buy them a luxurious twelveroom apartment in a much better neighborhood, and the rest of the family supports his decision. Will gamely goes along with Joans plan, but insists her bedroom is too small for the two of them, and sleeps on the living room couch. This does not contribute to the couples marital bliss he has insisted that she quit working, so she does not see much of him during either the day or the night. ........

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