Idiot's Delight (1939) |
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| Director(s) | Clarence Brown |
| Producer(s) | Clarence Brown, Hunt Stromberg |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance |
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Norma Shearer(as Irene Fellara)
Idiot's Delight
Released
1939
Idiot's Delight
Released
1939
Norma Shearer
(as Irene Fellara)
Clark Gable(as Harry Van)
Idiot's Delight
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1939
Idiot's Delight
Released
1939
Clark Gable
(as Harry Van)
Edward Arnold(as Achille Weber)
Idiot's Delight
Released
1939
Idiot's Delight
Released
1939
Edward Arnold
(as Achille Weber)
Charles Coburn(as Dr. Hugo Waldersee)
Idiot's Delight
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1939
Idiot's Delight
Released
1939
Charles Coburn
(as Dr. Hugo Waldersee)
Joseph Schildkraut(as Capt. Kirvline)
Idiot's Delight
Released
1939
Idiot's Delight
Released
1939
Joseph Schildkraut
(as Capt. Kirvline)
Burgess Meredith(as Quillary)
Idiot's Delight
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1939
Idiot's Delight
Released
1939
Burgess Meredith
(as Quillary)
Fritz Feld(as Pittatek)
Idiot's Delight
Released
1939
Idiot's Delight
Released
1939
Fritz Feld
(as Pittatek)
Virginia Grey(as Shirley Laughlin)
Idiot's Delight
Released
1939
Idiot's Delight
Released
1939
Virginia Grey
(as Shirley Laughlin)
Idiot's Delight Overview:
Idiot's Delight (1939) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Clarence Brown and produced by Clarence Brown and Hunt Stromberg.
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Idiot's Delight Quotes:
Irene Fellara:
Here we are, on a mountain peak in Bedlam. Tonight war is breaking over the world. And all you worry about is whether I am a girl you once casually met in Oma - ha-ha-ha.
Harry Van: Ha-ha-ha. Did I say it was casual?
Harry Van: Ha-ha-ha. Did I say it was casual?
Irene Fellara:
[last line international version] Look Harry! They've gone away.
Harry Van:
[to the waiter] Get me a scotch, and, uh, put ice in it. If you haven't got any ice, go out and scoop up some of that beautiful white snow.
Irene Fellara:
Harry, do you know any hymns?
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Near the end of "Puttin' on the Ritz", the dancer second from the viewer's left is barely in step and not doing any of the arm movements because she is holding up the top of her costume, which has a broken right strap and is flopping about as she dances.
This film was adapted by Robert E. Sherwood from his own Pulitzer Prize winning play. The original Broadway production, starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, opened at the Shubert Theatre in New York on Mar. 24, 1936 and ran for 300 performances.
Lana Turner was supposed to be one of the blondes that carried Clark Gable off at the end of his musical number "Puttin on the Ritz", but she had to go into hospital to fix a botched operation on her appendix.
According to the rumors, Lana Turner left the production to concentrate on her studies.
When Clark Gable had to sing "Puttin' on the Ritz," he actually had to be carried off by Harry Van's Les Blondes, so they saved that scene for last in case he was injured. On the day of the shooting Carole Lombard came to watch and was amazed that it only took one take.