Idiot's Delight

1939 film by Clarence Brown
Movie film Q2518053
Idiot's Delight
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Idiot's Delight

Summary

Idiot's Delight is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (226 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Idiot's Delight's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Idiot's Delight was directed by Clarence Brown[4].
  • Robert E. Sherwood wrote the screenplay for Idiot's Delight[5].
  • Vicki Baum wrote the screenplay for Idiot's Delight[6].
  • Idiot's Delight's composer is recorded as Herbert Stothart[7].
  • Idiot's Delight's genre is musical film[8].
  • Idiot's Delight's genre is comedy drama[9].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was Norma Shearer[10].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was Clark Gable[11].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was Edward Arnold[12].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was Charles Coburn[13].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was Joseph Schildkraut[14].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was Burgess Meredith[15].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was Laura Hope Crews[16].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was Richard "Skeets" Gallagher[17].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was William Edmunds[18].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was Virginia Grey[19].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was Joan Marsh[20].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was Edward LeSaint[21].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was Claire McDowell[22].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was Paul Panzer[23].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was Fritz Feld[24].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was Pat Paterson[25].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was Virginia Dale[26].
  • A cast member of Idiot's Delight was Bernadene Hayes[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7bdc4291-d513-4d06-b246-e28c528c333d[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Idiot's Delight was produced by Clarence Brown[30]. It was directed by Clarence Brown[4]. Screenwriters include Robert E. Sherwood[5] and Vicki Baum[6]. Cast members include Norma Shearer[10], Clark Gable[11], Edward Arnold[12], Charles Coburn[13], Joseph Schildkraut[14], and Burgess Meredith[15].

Publication

Idiot's Delight was released on January 1, 1939[31]. Original languages include English[32] and Esperanto[33]. Genres include musical film[8] and comedy drama[9]. It was distributed by video on demand[34].

Why It Matters

Idiot's Delight ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (226 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . Heroldo de Esperanto. anno.onb.ac.at. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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