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Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, Edward Arnold

Based on Robert Sherwood's Pultizer Prize-winning play, stars Clark Gable as Harry Van, a small-time vaudeville performer who, after years of touring vaudeville circuits and sideshows, has finally hit...( read more  read more... ) the big time in Europe with his all-girl review, Les Blondes. On the eve of WWII, Harry and his girls are temporarily detained at an Alpine resort with a very eccentric group of characters brought together under extreme circumstances. Two of the guests at the resort are millionaire Achille Weber (Edward Arnold) and his slinky Russian mistress, who claims to be a wealthy aristocrat. Harry knows better; he recognizes the pretty blonde as Irene Fellara (Norma Shearer), a small-town girl with big dreams whom he had met years earlier while performing in Omaha. He finally gets Irene to admit the truth. Irene had always dreamed of becoming a wealthy countess, but Harry convinces her that her act is a sham as they wait to discover their fate. With the war erupting around them.

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Directed by: Clarence Brown

Release Date: January 27, 1939

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  • RuthieGreenGirl
    April 7, 2008
    RuthieGreenGirl
    See it only for the odd and rare thing that is Clark Gable warbling through a song.
  • mkatchan
    March 6, 2008
    mkatchan
    Very good comedy with Clark Gable and Norma Shearer. Actually shown with two different endings (I much prefer the "international" ending). A little preachy, but very good.
  • gaijin
    June 8, 2007
    gaijin
    meh....so what if it stars clark gable?..."I dont give a damn!"
  • SarahJoyFrost
    December 11, 2006
    SarahJoyFrost
    i would like to see this

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