The Idle Rich

Wealth and position clash with poverty in a sterling talking feature drama made from the stage success, "White Collars"!

The Idle Rich — Plot

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
• Runtime
• 80 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• William C. deMille

The Idle Rich — Cast

Conrad Nagel William van Luyn Bessie Love Helen Thayer Leila Hyams Joan Thayer Robert Ober Henry Thayer James Neill Mr. Phil Thayer Edythe Chapman Mrs. Alice Thayer Paul Kruger Tom Gibney

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Kenneth Gibson Frank Thayer