Movie

Newly Rich (1931)

• July 2, 1931
• 1h 17m

• Comedy
• Family
• Adventure

Overview

Two small town widows bring their children to Hollywood, where their children become competing film stars. The girl is sweet, the boy is a killjoy sissy. For publicity, the rival families go to London to meet a middle European boy King. The three kids decide they need to escape their stifling lives and run away to the docks and join a gang.

Director

Norman Taurog

Writers

Sinclair Lewis, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Edward E. Paramore Jr.

Starring

Mitzi Green, Edna May Oliver, Louise Fazenda