The Idle Rich is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Maxwell Karger.

The film stars Bert Lytell, Virginia Valli, and John Davidson.

[2] As described in a film magazine,[3] Samuel Weatherbee (Lytell), a wealthy young man, is told by his sweetheart Mattie Walling (Valli) that his money is a liability instead of an asset.

He finds the place filled with old and useless things, but conceives the idea of transferring them into cash by advertising a barter and exchange emporium.

Then, after his business grows and they want to get him out of the neighborhood, he makes them pay dearly for ending his lease.