The Poverty of Riches (1921)
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Synopsis of The Poverty of Riches
Leatrice Joy and Richard Dix play an ambitious couple in this domestic drama. John and Katherine Colby (Dix and Joy) decide to put off parenthood until he has become wealthy. Their friends, Tom and Grace Donaldson (John Bowers and Louise Lovely), decide to start a family right away. While John works his way up to a position of power at a steel firm, Katherine begins to question the wisdom of their decision. When she sees how happy the Donaldsons are with their brood, she begins to feel like she has been missing something. On a drive, the Colbys are involved in an accident and Katherine is seriously injured. When she is well enough to be told, the doctor informs her that she will never be able to bear children. Katherine is shattered by this news. An ironic note -- according to her daughter, Joy was not very maternal and had to be prodded into motherhood by her then-husband, John Gilbert. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Poverty of Riches
- Richard Dix - John Colby
- John Bowers - Tom Donaldson
- Irene Rich - Mrs. Holt
- Roy Laidlaw - Hendron
- Frankie Lee - John, in Prolog
- David Winters - Stephen Phillips
- Leatrice Joy - Katherine Colby
- Louise Lovely - Grace Donaldson
- DeWitt Jennings - Lyons
- John Cossar - Edward Phillips, Sr.
- Dorothy Hughes - Katherine. in Prolog
- Director(s):
- Reginald Barker
- Writer(s):
- Arthur F. Statter
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