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."
1939 | 107m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Clarence Brown |
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| Writer: | Robert E. Sherwood |
| Staring: |
| A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 27, 1939 |
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| Director: | Clarence Brown |
| Writer: | Robert E. Sherwood |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| 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 |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Clark Gable | Harry Van |
| Norma Shearer | Irene Fellara |
| Edward Arnold | Achille Weber |
| Charles Coburn | Dr. Hugo Waldersee |
| Joseph Schildkraut | Capt. Kirvline |
| Burgess Meredith | Quillary |
| Laura Hope Crews | Madame Zuleika |
| Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher | 'Don' Navadel |
| Peter Willes | Mr. Jimmy Cherry |
| Pat Paterson | Mrs. Cherry |
| William Edmunds | Dumptsy |
| Fritz Feld | Pittatek |
| Virginia Grey | Shirley Laughlin |
| Virginia Dale | Francine Merle |
| Paula Stone | Beulah Tremayne |
| Bernadene Hayes | Edna Creesh |
| Joan Marsh | Elaine Messiger |
| Lorraine Krueger | Bebe Gould |
| Barbara Bedford | Nurse #1 |
| Gertrude Bennett | Woman with Powders |
| Margaret Bert | Nurse #2 |
| Clem Bevans | Jimmy Barzek |
| Hobart Cavanaugh | Frueheim |
| Jimmy Conlin | Stagehand |
| Anna Demetrio | Fat Italian Woman on Train |
| Helen Dickson | Mrs. McCreevy |
| Frank Faylen | Ed |
| Bud Geary | Ambulance Passenger |
| Jack Grey | Townsman |
| Eddie Gribbon | Cop |
| William Irving | Sandro |
| Charles Judels | Daka |
| Suzanne Kaaren | Nurse #3 |
| Evalyn Knapp | Nurse #4 |
| Edward LeSaint | The Honorable Thomas McCreevy |
| Mitchell Lewis | Chief Wahoo |
| Francis McDonald | Flight Captain |
| Claire McDowell | Crying Mother |
| Buddy Messinger | Usher |
| Robert Middlemass | Hospital Commandant |
| Adolph Milar | Fellara |
| Rudolf Myzet | Czech Announcer (voice) |
| Frank Orth | Benny Zinsser |
| Garry Owen | Newsstand Vendor |
| Paul Panzer | Greek Chef |
| Emory Parnell | Fifth Avenue Mounted Cop |
| Lee Phelps | Train Announcer |
| Edward Raquello | Chiari |
| George Sorel | Major |
| Harry Strang | Sergeant at Ambulance |
| Bernard Suss | Auguste |
| Frank M. Thomas | Bert |
| E. Alyn Warren | Clerk at Royal Grand Hotel |
| Bonita Weber | Woman with Catsup |
| Joe Yule | Vaudeville Comic |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Clarence Brown | Director |
| Robert E. Sherwood | Screenplay, Theatre Play |
| Herbert Stothart | Music |
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Adrian | Costume Design |
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| William H. Daniels | Director of Photography |
| Robert Kern | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hunt Stromberg | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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