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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 production reunited director Clarence Brown, Clark Gable and Norma Shearer eight years after they worked together on A Free Soul. The play takes place in a hotel in the Italian Alps during 24 ...
Cover of Sherwood's play There Shall Be No Night. Robert Emmet Sherwood (April 4, 1896 – November 14, 1955) was an American playwright and screenwriter.. He is the author of Waterloo Bridge, Idiot's Delight, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, There Shall Be No Night, and The Best Years of Our Lives.
The Pulitzer jury wrote: "We are absolutely in complete agreement in recommending 'Idiot's delight' ...It is a first-rate play, full of dramatic invention, and one or two of the comedy scenes have a Molierian richness." [4] Sherwood adapted the play into a 1939 film of the same name, starring Norma Shearer and Clark Gable.
Dance a Little Closer is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Charles Strouse. The story is an updated version of Robert E. Sherwood 's 1936 antiwar comedy Idiot's Delight .
Željko Ivanek (/ ˈ ʒ ɛ l k oʊ ɪ ˈ v ɑː n ɪ k /; [1] Slovene: [ˈʒɛːlkɔ iˈʋaːnək]; born August 15, 1957) is a Slovenian-American actor.Known for his work in film, television, and theatre, he is the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Drama Desk Award, as well as three Tony Award nominations.
During the last years of this WNEW stint, "Idiot's Delight" usually did not have a fixed ending time. Rather, the show was officially scheduled to run from 8:00 pm Sunday nights through 2:00 am Monday mornings, but in actuality ended as late as 4:30 am, depending upon when Vin felt the show had reached an appropriate conclusion.
Lorraine Krueger (February 27, 1918 – July 15, 2003) was an American actress. She appeared in the films New Faces of 1937, Everybody's Doing It, I'm From the City, Exposed, Idiot's Delight, The Farmer's Daughter, Golden Gloves, Dance, Girl, Dance, Model Wife, Hi, Buddy, He's My Guy, Sarong Girl, The Adventures of a Rookie, Career Girl, Slightly Terrific, Out of This World and One Exciting ...
Idiot's Delight, a pejorative term for any patience or card solitaire; Idiot's Delight is also an alternative name for the following patiences or card solitaires: Aces Up, a game which is playable in a minimal space; King Albert (solitaire), believed to be named after King Albert of Belgium