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Writers:
Neil Brant (story)
Walter DeLeon (writer)
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Release Date:
27 May 1933 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Grand Hotel of comedy
Plot:
Assorted wacky characters converge on a Chinese hotel to bid on a new invention...television. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Peggy Hopkins Joyce ... Herself

W.C. Fields ... Prof. Henry R. Quail
Rudy Vallee ... Himself
Stuart Erwin ... Tommy Nash

George Burns ... Doctor Burns

Gracie Allen ... Nurse Allen
Sari Maritza ... Carol Fortescue
F. Chase Taylor ... Colonel Stoopnagle (as Colonel Stoopnagle)
Budd Hulick ... Budd (as Budd)
Cab Calloway ... Himself

Bela Lugosi ... Gen. Nicholas Petronovich
Rose Marie ... Herself (as Baby Rose Marie)
Franklin Pangborn ... Hotel Manager
Edmund Breese ... Doctor Wong
Lumsden Hare ... Sir Mortimer Fortescue
Sterling Holloway ... Coffee Mug
Lona Andre ... China Teacup
Harrison Greene ... Herr von Baden
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Norman Ainsley ... Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Clem Beauchamp ... Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)
Bo Ching ... Hotel Bell-hop (uncredited)
Wong Chung ... Head Inspector (uncredited)
Carrie Daumery ... Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw ... General's Henchman (uncredited)
Etta Lee ... Hotel Hostess (uncredited)
Bo Ling ... Cigar Counter Clerk (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor ... Telegram Clerk (uncredited)
Cyril Ring ... Mr. Brown, Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Henry Sedley ... Serge Borsky (uncredited)
Mary Jane Sloan ... Sugar Bowl (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley ... Electric Company Boss (uncredited)
Louis Vincenot ... Mr. Brown, Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
James Wong ... Inspector Sun (uncredited)
Ernest Wood ... Newsreel Reporter (uncredited)
Gwen Zetter ... Tea pot (uncredited)
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Directed by
A. Edward Sutherland  (as Edward Sutherland)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Neil Brant  story
Walter DeLeon  writer
Louis E. Heifetz  story
Francis Martin  writer

Produced by
Emanuel Cohen .... executive producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Ralph Rainger 
Howard Jackson (uncredited)
John Leipold (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Ernest Haller 
 
Costume Design by
Travis Banton (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Farciot Edouart .... special photographic effects (uncredited)
Loyal Griggs .... special photographic effects staff (uncredited)
Al Myers .... special photographic effects staff (uncredited)
Dewey Wrigley .... special photographic effects staff (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

Parents Guide:
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Runtime:
70 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Company:
Paramount Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The hole in the roof of Prof. Quail's car disappears and reappears during the chase. more
Quotes:
[Professor Quail enters during Rudy Vallee's song]
Professor Quail: How long's this dogfight been going on?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Thank Heaven For You more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
hilarious!, 2 October 2001
10/10
Author: (ajdagreat) from USA

This very funny movie has a little something for everyone, comedy-wise. Don't like W.C. Fields's one-liners? Well, just sample some of George Burns's and Gracie Allen's witty dialogue. Don't like the musical numbers from Cab Calloway, Rudy Vallee, etc.? Well, maybe you'll like Franklin Pangborn's physical humor better. Me, I loved it all. I especially liked this line, which must have been risque in 1933 (I'm sure I misquoted this line, but you get the general idea):

(W.C. Fields crashes into the city of Wuhu.)

Fields: Where am I?

Woman: Wuhu!

Fields: Woo hoo yourself, sweetheart. Now where am I?

Man: Wuhu!

Fields: (noticing a flower in his shirt pocket) Don't let the posie fool ya. (he throws the flower on the ground)

Be sure to catch this one on TCM!

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