5.7 / 10(23 votes)IMDbNR19331h 8mUnited States of America

International House

“Grand Hotel of comedy”

Topics:#hotel #quarantine #inventor #cabaret #chinese province #screwball comedy #pre-code #hotel manager #luxury hotel #big band #vaudeville act #variety show

Synopsis

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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Trailers, Teasers & Extra Featurettes

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John Landis on INTERNATIONAL HOUSE

Type: Featurette • Published 2014-02-13

Top Cast

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Peggy Hopkins Joyce

W.C. Fields

Professor 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

Budd Hulick

Budd

Cab Calloway

Bela Lugosi

General Petronovich

Rose Marie

Herself / Baby Rose Marie

Franklin Pangborn

Hotel Manager

Edmund Breese

Doctor Wong

Lumsden Hare

Sir Mortimer Fortescue

Sterling Holloway

Sailor

Lona Andre

Chorus Queen

Harrison Greene

Herr Von Baden

Release History & Theatrical Window

Theatrical Premiere

May 27, 1933

Wide Cinema Exhibition

Key Information & Fast Facts

Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Screenplay & Story: Francis Martin, Walter DeLeon
Original Score: Howard Jackson, John Leipold, Ralph Rainger
Original Title: International House
Country of Origin: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Runtime: 1h 8m
Production Studios: Paramount Pictures

Creative Leadership & Key Crew

Director

A. Edward Sutherland

Screenplay & Story

Francis Martin, Walter DeLeon

Original Score & Music

Howard Jackson, John Leipold, Ralph Rainger

Director of Photography

Ernest Haller

Producers

Emanuel Cohen

Department Leadership Roster

A. Edward Sutherland

Director

Francis Martin

Screenplay

Walter DeLeon

Screenplay

Travis Banton

Costume Design

Howard Jackson

Original Music Composer

Ernest Haller

Director of Photography

John Leipold

Original Music Composer

Ralph Rainger

Original Music Composer

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Primary: NR

NR: Not Rated — Evaluated outside standard classification boards.

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United States (MPAA)NR

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