Release Date: Jan 1, 1933 Wide
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Hollywood responded to the exigencies of the Depression with such glorious nonsense as International House. The plot is motivated by a revolutionary television device called the Radioscope, which its Chinese inventor (Edmund Breese) is offering to the highest bidder. All interested parties are obliged to converge at International House, an ultra-modern hotel in the bustling Chinese community of Wu Hu. Among those parties is American envoy Stu Erwin, Russian general Bela Lugosi (a hilarious,
Unrated, 1 hr. 12 min.
Jan 1, 1933 Wide
Nov 9, 2004
MCA Universal Home Video
All Critics (6) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (0) | DVD (1)
There's more misses than hits in this vaudeville-like herky-jerky second-rate project.
Fields! Burns and Allen! Lugosi! Cab Calloway! The cast is what makes this silly musical-comedy a joy to behold.
Nice little parody of Grand Hotel that is just as muddled and ungainly as that flick. Some characters work, some don't, but the film chugs along at a good pace, so you don't really notice. As soon as Fields enters the proceedings, he takes over, which is fortunate. I liked Bela Lugosi, Gracie Allen, and George Burns
August 31, 2010
GRACIE ALLEN IS SO WONDERFUL, I ENJOY HER DAFFINESS SO MUCH! A REALLY FUN FILM, THE ENTIRE CAST IS WONDERFUL. AND WHAT A CAST. GREAT MUSICAL NUMBERS, THIS FILM HAS IT ALL. A GREAT CLASSIC.
October 7, 2005
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