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The Idle Rich
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4848 feet
Directed by Maxwell Karger

Cast: Bert Lytell [Samuel Weatherbee], Virginia Valli [Mattie Walling], John Davidson [Judge O’Reilly], Thomas Jefferson [Uncle Coolidge], Victory Bateman [Mrs. O’Reilly], Leigh Wyant [Jane Coolidge], Max Davidson [the tailor]

Metro Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by June Mathis, from the short story “Junk” by Kenneth Harris. Art direction by Julian Garnsey. Cinematography by Arthur Martinelli. / © 4 January 1922 by Metro Pictures Corporation [LP17443]. Released 26 December 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 October 2014.

References: Website-AFI.