Rich Man's Folly is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Cromwell and written by Edward E. Paramore Jr. and Grover Jones.

The film stars George Bancroft, Frances Dee, Robert Ames, Juliette Compton, David Durand, Dorothy Peterson, and Harry Allen.

[3] Director John Cromwell commented on the film and actor George Bancroft in an interview with historian Kinglesy Canham (circa 1975): ”...Rich Man’s Folly was a very good opportunity [to make something more than a routine picture]; it was a modern dress version of Dickens’ Dombey and Son, and it should have been absolutely splendid for Bancroft except that it required in the actor a consciousness of the material—of which he had none!

He had no realization of the opportunities that were there, so they were simply missed.”[4]Although the film does still exist, Rich Man's Folly has not been seen publicly in decades.

Paramount created a promotional film in 1931 called The House That Shadows Built, with excerpts of Rich Man's Folly featured.