Idiot's Delight (1939) is a Hollywood film, with a screenplay adapted from the 1936 Robert E. Sherwood play, by Sherwood himself. The movie stars Norma Shearer and Clark Gable. It is notable as the only film where Gable sings and dances, performing a version of the Irving Berlin standard "Puttin' on the Ritz". However, it is not strictly a musical.
Harry Van (Clark Gable), an American World War I veteran, tries to reenter show biz and ends up in ...
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Idiot's Delight (1939) is a Hollywood film, with a screenplay adapted from the 1936 Robert E. Sherwood play, by Sherwood himself. The movie stars Norma Shearer and Clark Gable. It is notable as the only film where Gable sings and dances, performing a version of the Irving Berlin standard "Puttin' on the Ritz". However, it is not strictly a musical.
Harry Van (Clark Gable), an American World War I veteran, tries to reenter show biz and ends up in a mind-reading performance with an alcoholic partner. There he meets the mysterious Irene (Norma Shearer), an acrobat, who claims to come from Russia and wants to become his performance partner. They have a romantic night but Harry decides to stay with his previous partner.
Twenty years later, after a number of jobs, Harry escorts a dancing group of six blondes on a trip through Europe. They get stranded in an alpine country, where they have to wait in a hotel until the border opens again: the international situation is close to war. It is...
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