---
title: 'The Idle Rich (1929)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Churchill deMille'
released: '1929-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-idle-rich-1929'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020014/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Idle Rich (1929)

1929 · 88 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Idle Rich is a 1929 American Pre-Code early sound comedy film produced and released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and directed by William C. deMille. It is based on the Broadway play White Collars by Edith Ellis, which had played at the Egan Theater in Los Angeles in 1924 before moving to the Cort Theatre in New York. The film is extant, and was released on DVD in 2012 from WarnerArchive Collection.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Louis B. Mayer](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-b-mayer), [Irving Thalberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-thalberg)
- **Director:** [William Churchill deMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-churchill-demille)
- **Screenplay:** [Clara Beranger](https://cinepixo.com/people/clara-beranger)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leonard Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-smith)
- **Editor:** [Conrad A. Nervig](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-a-nervig)

## Cast

- [Bessie Love](https://cinepixo.com/people/bessie-love)
- [Leila Hyams](https://cinepixo.com/people/leila-hyams)
- [Conrad Nagel](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-nagel)

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