Newly Rich

Newly Rich

77 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Family | July 4, 1931

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.

Newly Rich

77 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Family | July 4, 1931

Newly Rich
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.
Producers Paramount
Original title Newly Rich
Directors Norman Taurog
Writers Agnes Brand Leahy, Sinclair Lewis, Edward E. Paramore Jr., Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast

Mitzi Green

as Daisy Tate

Edna May Oliver

as Bessie Tate

Louise Fazenda

as Maggie Tiffany

Jackie Searl

as Tiny Tim

Bruce Line

as King Maximilian

Virginia Hammond

as Queen Sedonia

Lawrence Grant

as Equerry

Dell Henderson

as Director

Frank Baker

as (uncredited)

Wilson Benge

as (uncredited)

Lynton Brent

as (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

as (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

as Tiffany Chauffeur (uncredited)

Howard Goldstein

as Lettie

Betty Jane Graham

as Little Girl (uncredited)

Dannie Mac Grant

as (uncredited)

Ben Hall

as Toby (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

as Florist (uncredited)

Ivan Linow

as Franz - the Masseur (uncredited)

George Regas

as Lippo (uncredited)

John Rogers

as (uncredited)

Ben Taggart

as Mr. Black (uncredited)

Billy West

as (uncredited)

Eric Wilton

as Tupper - the Butler (uncredited)

Noah Young

as Bill (uncredited)