We're Rich Again (1934)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

William A. Seiter

Writers:

Alden Nash (play)
Ray Harris (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 July 1934 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

THE BIGGEST LAUGH YOU EVER HAD...and the sweetest words you ever heard...

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Businessman | Divorce | Family Relationships | Yacht | Elopement

Cast

Edna May Oliver	...	Maude Stanley
Billie Burke	...	Mrs. Linda Page
Marian Nixon	...	Arabella Sykes (as Marion Nixon)
Reginald Denny	...	Bookington 'Bookie' Wells
Joan Marsh	...	Carolyn 'Carrie' Page
Buster Crabbe	...	Erasmus Rockwell 'Erp' Pennington (as Larry 'Buster' Crabbe)
Grant Mitchell	...	Wilbur Page
Gloria Shea	...	Victoria 'Vic' Page
Edgar Kennedy	...	Healy, process server
Otto Yamaoka	...	Fugi, the Page's servant
Lenita Lane	...	Charmion
Dick Elliott	...	Fred Green
Andrés de Segurola	...	Jose (as Andreas De Segurola)

Also Known As:

Arabella (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

71 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #1523-R, 11 September 1935 for re-release) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivia:

The play opened in Hollywood, California, USA on 2 February 1934.

Soundtrack:

Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)

fine casting, little else

Fans of Edna Mae Oliver will want to see this, but I think they will be disappointed. The only character that is well played out is "the cousin from Texas". Everybody else get a few good lines and perhaps absurd situations, but little else. Oliver is cast as a polo playing grandmother, and one might hope this would be very funny, but it is not. "We're Rich Again" certainly deserves to be called "screw-ball", but not a comedy.