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
Jim Clark (film editor) BAFTA Awards for his editing of the films "Vera Drake" (directed by Mike Leigh-2004) and "Marathon Man" (directed by John Schlesinger-1976). In 2005, Clark received the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award. Responding to a question about the major influences on his editing, Clark said As a director he was responsible for "Rentadick" (1972) and "Madhouse" (1974) starring Vincent Price. Clark lived in Kensington with his wife Laurence Méry-Clark, also a film and television editor. They married in 1961 and had three children. In 2011, Clark's autobiography "Dream Repairman: Adventures in Film Editing" was published, receiving warm reviews from "The