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The Poor Rich

The Poor Rich

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 25, 1934

Runtime

1h 17m

Genres

Comedy

Original Title

The Poor Rich

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Director

Edward Sedgwick

Description

Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood and his cousin Harriet Winthrop Spottiswood arrive separately at their long abandoned and very much run down family manor, each unaware that the other is going to be there, and since both have become penniless, they are forced to move into the dilapidated house. When Albert receives a letter from old acquaintances Lord and Lady Fetherstone advising the Spottiswoods of their impending visit to the manor, the cousins are at wit's end as to how to exercise non-existent skills required to make the old house acceptable for guest reception.