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Idiot's Delight

"The Biggest Thrill They Ever Gave You! Norma and Clark together in the romance of a "ham" song-and-dance man and a "red-headed liar from Omaha.""

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NR 1939 · 1h 47m
Drama, Comedy
Starring Clark Gable · Norma Shearer · Edward Arnold
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A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.

Theatrical
Jan 27, 1939
Director
Clarence Brown
Writer
Robert E. Sherwood
Producer
Hunt Stromberg
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Keywords
hotel world war ii mountain village blonde song and dance mind reading act russian woman musical troupe stranded traveler compulsive liar war against fascism wartime propaganda blonde girls aerial attack
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C
Clark Gable
Harry Van
N
Norma Shearer
Irene Fellara
E
Edward Arnold
Achille Weber
C
Charles Coburn
Dr. Hugo Waldersee
J
Joseph Schildkraut
Capt. Kirvline
B
Burgess Meredith
Quillary
L
Laura Hope Crews
Madame Zuleika
R
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
'Don' Navadel
P
Peter Willes
Mr. Jimmy Cherry
P
Pat Paterson
Mrs. Cherry
W
William Edmunds
Dumptsy
F
Fritz Feld
Pittatek
V
Virginia Grey
Shirley Laughlin
V
Virginia Dale
Francine Merle
P
Paula Stone
Beulah Tremayne
B
Bernadene Hayes
Edna Creesh
J
Joan Marsh
Elaine Messiger
L
Lorraine Krueger
Bebe Gould
B
Barbara Bedford
Nurse #1
G
Gertrude Bennett
Woman with Powders
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Clark James Gable, Grandson of Clark Gable and Host of 'Cheaters," Dead at 30

Clark James Gable, Grandson of Clark Gable and Host of 'Cheaters," Dead at 30

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