Title: Idiot's Delight
Date: 1939
Type: Drama
Rating: 3/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Clarence Brown
Producer: Clarence Brown
Comment
After World War 1 an entertainer (Clark Gable) ends up being an assistant in a mind reading act and has a brief liaison with an acrobat (Norma Shearer). At the start of World War 2 he is running a female song and dance group and whilst in Europe they are held up in a boarder hotel as war is declared with a mixed group of people and a Russian woman remarkably like the acrobat. This is a curious mix of song/dance, romance and political comment. Clark Gable sings and dances (including a version of Putting On The Ritz) while Norma Shearer puts on a blonde wig and her performance and accent clearly sends up Greta Garbo. The script drags in places and it does show it origins as a play.
Actors
Norma Shearer
Clark Gable
Edward Arnold
Charles Coburn
Joseph Schildkraut
Burgess Meredith
Laura Hope Crews
Richard Gallagher
Peter Willes
Pat Paterson
Joan Marsh
Virginia Grey
Virginia Dale
Paula Stone
Bernadene Hayes
Lorraine Krueger
Oscars
None