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Idiot's Delight (1939) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Clarence Brown and produced by Clarence Brown and Hunt Stromberg.

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Harry Van: I'm a thinker, not a performer.


Irene Fellara: [last line international version] Look Harry! They've gone away.


Harry Van: [last line domestic version] Hey, over here boys! Over here! See the big show. See the greatest aggregation of talent in the world.


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This film was adapted by Robert E. Sherwood from his own Pulitzer Prize winning play. The original Broadway production, starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, opened at the Shubert Theatre in New York on Mar. 24, 1936 and ran for 300 performances.
Greta Garbo was first offered the role of Irene Fellara. She turned it down.
According to the rumors, Lana Turner left the production to concentrate on her studies.
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