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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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Irene Fellara: The temple of your memory must be so crowded.
Harry Van: Are you sure you've never been in Omaha, Madame?


Harry Van: You can call that sentimental, Mrs. Weber, but that is true.
Irene Fellara: Forgive me, but that is not my name.
Harry Van: Oh. I thought...
Irene Fellara: I know what you thought. Mr. Weber and I are associated in a sort of business way.
Harry Van: I see. Um, business is pretty good, isn't it?


Harry Van: [to the waiter] Get me a scotch, and, uh, put ice in it. If you haven't got any ice, go out and scoop up some of that beautiful white snow.


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Near the end of "Puttin' on the Ritz", the dancer second from the viewer's left is barely in step and not doing any of the arm movements because she is holding up the top of her costume, which has a broken right strap and is flopping about as she dances.
Lana Turner was supposed to be one of the blondes that carried Clark Gable off at the end of his musical number "Puttin on the Ritz", but she had to go into hospital to fix a botched operation on her appendix.
According to the rumors, Lana Turner left the production to concentrate on her studies.
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