

International House
1933-05-27 · 68 min · ★ 5.7
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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- Directors
- A. Edward Sutherland
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Peggy Hopkins JoycePeggy Hopkins Joyce
W.C. FieldsProfessor Quail
Rudy ValleeHimself
Stuart ErwinTommy Nash
George BurnsDoctor Burns
Gracie AllenNurse Allen
Sari MaritzaCarol Fortescue
F. Chase TaylorColonel Stoopnagle
Budd HulickBudd
Cab CallowayCab Calloway
Bela LugosiGeneral Petronovich
Rose MarieHerself / Baby Rose Marie
Franklin PangbornHotel Manager
Edmund BreeseDoctor Wong
Lumsden HareSir Mortimer Fortescue
Sterling HollowaySailor
Lona AndreChorus Queen
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