Idiot's Delight (film) Idiot's Delight (film) Idiot's Delight is a 1939 MGM comedy-drama with a screenplay adapted by Robert E. Sherwood from his 1936 Pulitzer-Prize-winning play of the same name. The movie showcases Clark Gable, in the same year that he played Rhett Butler in "Gone With the Wind", and Norma Shearer in the declining phase of her career. Although not a musical, it is notable as the only film where Gable sings and dances, performing "Puttin' on the Ritz" by Irving Berlin. Harry Van (Clark Gable), an American World War I veteran, tries to reenter show biz and ends up in a
The Cat and the Canary (1939 film) to newspaper reporters and unofficially announce their engagement. The Cat and the Canary (1939 film) The Cat and the Canary is a 1939 American horror comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. It is a remake of the 1927 silent film "The Cat and the Canary", which was based on the 1922 play of the same name by John Willard. Universal Home Entertainment released the film on DVD in 2010 as part of the "Bob Hope: Thanks for the Memories Collection" and again in 2011 individually as a part of their "Universal Vault Series" on