International House (1933)
1h 8m
Running Time
May 27, 1933Release Date
International House (1933)
1h 8m
Running Time
May 27, 1933Release Date
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Plot.
Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But, this is a hotel where Burns and Allen are the in-house medical staff, a measles risk sends the whole building into quarantine, and a madcap millionaire crashes dinner in his autogyro. Hotel and radioscope become a stage for an all-star cast of comedians and musicians, from vaudeville to the new generation.
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Cast & Crew.
W.C. Fields
Professor Henry R. Quail
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Rudy Vallee
Rudy Vallee
George Burns
Doctor Burns
Stuart Erwin
Tommy Nash
Gracie Allen
Nurse Allen
A. Edward Sutherland
Director
Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
Francis Martin
Writer
Bela Lugosi
General Petronovich
Walter DeLeon
Writer
Rose Marie
Herself / Baby Rose Marie
Louis E. Heifetz
Writer
Franklin Pangborn
Hotel Manager
Ernest Haller
Cinematographer
Edmund Breese
Doctor Wong
Lumsden Hare
Sir Mortimer Fortescue
Sterling Holloway
Sailor
Lona Andre
Chorus Queen
Wong Chung
Health Inspector
Sari Martiza
Carol Fortescue
Frederick Chase Taylor
Colonel Stoopnagle
Wilbur Budd Hulick
Budd
Travis Banton
Costume Design
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Wiki.
International House is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Peggy Hopkins Joyce and W. C. Fields, directed by A. Edward Sutherland and released by Paramount Pictures. The tagline of the film was "The Grand Hotel of comedy". It is a mixture of comedy and musical acts tied together by a slim plot line, in the style of the Big Broadcast pictures that were also released by Paramount during the 1930s. In addition to some typical comedic lunacy from W. C. Fields and Burns and Allen (George Burns and Gracie Allen), it provides a snapshot of some popular stage and radio acts of the era. The film includes some risqué pre-Code humor. The cast also features Cab Calloway with his orchestra and Bela Lugosi.