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
Margaret Clark (American writer) Margaret Clark (American writer) Margaret Clark (born 1964) is an American historian, writer, and educator. Clark is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. She received her Bachelors of Arts degree from Thomas Edison State College, her Master of Science (MS) degree from Touro University in New York, and has done graduate work at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. In 2017, she was awarded a Master of Letters in Scottish History by the University of Dundee in Scotland. She has written extensively for television and magazines. Her books have been translated into several languages.