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Assorted wacky characters converge on a Chinese hotel to bid on a new invention: television.
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Peggy Hopkins Joyce
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Professor Henry R. Quail
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Rudy Vallee
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Tommy Nash
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Dr. Burns
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Nurse Allen
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Carol Fortescue
F. Chase Taylor ...
Colonel Stoopnagle
Budd Hulick ...
Budd
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Cab Calloway
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General Nicholas Branovsky Petronovich
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Rose Marie (as Baby Rose Marie)
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Hotel Manager
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Dr. Wong
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Sir Mortimer Fortescue
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Sailor
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Chorus Queen
Harrison Greene ...
Herr Von Baden
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Norman Ainsley ...
Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
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Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)
Bo Ching ...
Hotel Bellhop (uncredited)
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Health Inspector (uncredited)
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Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Chorus Girl (uncredited)
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Chorus Girl (uncredited)
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Chorus Girl (uncredited)
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General's Henchman (uncredited)
Etta Lee ...
Peggy's Maid (uncredited)
Bo Ling ...
Cigar Counter Clerk (uncredited)
Al Morgan ...
Bass Player in Cab Calloway's Band (uncredited)
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Telegram Clerk (uncredited)
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Mr. Brown - Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
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Serge Borsky (uncredited)
Mary Jane Sloan ...
Sugar Bowl (uncredited)
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Mr. Rollins - Electric Company Boss (uncredited)
Louis Vincenot ...
Mr. Brown - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
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Chorus Girl (uncredited)
James Wong ...
Inspector Sun (uncredited)
Ernest Wood ...
Newsreel Reporter (uncredited)
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Tea Pot (uncredited)

Directed by

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A. Edward Sutherland ... (as Edward Sutherland)

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Francis Martin ... (screen play) and
Walter DeLeon ... (screen play)
 
Neil Brant ... (from a story by) and
Louis E. Heifetz ... (from a story by)

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Emanuel Cohen ... executive producer (uncredited)

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Howard Jackson ... (uncredited)
John Leipold ... (uncredited)
Ralph Rainger ... (uncredited)

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Ernest Haller ... (photographed by)

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Travis Banton ... (uncredited)

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Farciot Edouart ... special photographic effects (uncredited)
Loyal Griggs ... special photographic effects staff (uncredited)
Albert Myers ... special photographic effects staff (uncredited)
Dewey Wrigley ... special photographic effects staff (uncredited)

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Guy Bennett ... second camera (uncredited)
Ellsworth Fredericks ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Thomas Morris ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Guy Newhard ... second camera (uncredited)

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Ralph Rainger ... music & lyrics by
Leo Robin ... music & lyrics by
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Plot Summary

Professor Wong has invented a television and invites everyone to see it at China's International House Hotel. Every time Tommy Nash attempts to wed his fiancée Carol Fortescue, he comes down with an illness, and when he breaks out in a rash, the hotel is quarantined. Into this hotel flies Professor Quail in his auto-gyro. Written by Ed Stephan

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Taglines NOW! The "Grand Hotel" of Comedy! LAUGH! AT THE MUSICAL PANIC OF 1933 Bigger Than "The Big Broadcast" (Print Ad- Salt Lake Telegram, ((Salt Lake City, Utah)) 2 June 1933) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Casa internacional (Spain)
  • Torre de Babel (Brazil)
  • Hotel International (Austria)
  • 国際喜劇ホテル (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Kaikenkarvaista väkeä (Finland)
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Trivia During the filming of one of W.C. Fields' scenes, a mild earthquake struck Los Angeles. The earthquake was supposedly captured on film. In the film clip, Fields and his co-stars are standing in the hotel lobby set, when the picture begins to shake as if the camera is vibrating. A chandelier on the set begins to swing back and forth, and a lamp suddenly falls over. Fields calmly ushers his co-stars off the soundstage, telling them to stay calm and walk slowly. The "earthquake footage" of Fields was played in newsreels across the country in the weeks following the 1933 quake. Nearly forty years later, however, director A. Edward Sutherland admitted that the "earthquake footage" was a hoax concocted by himself and Fields. It was done by rigging wires on the lamp and chandelier, and shaking the camera to simulate an earthquake. Sutherland claimed that he and Fields were amazed when the "earthquake footage" was accepted as genuine by newsreel distributors. "We shared a big laugh and an even bigger drink", Sutherland recalled. To this day, the fake "earthquake footage" is occasionally broadcast and accepted as genuine by entertainment television shows such as Access Hollywood (1996). The footage appeared in Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983). See more »
Goofs During the scene where Prof. Henry R. Quail is by his auto gyro talking to Doctor Wong and Peggy Hopkins Joyce, you can see the shadow of the boom mic moving above their heads. The boom mic then hits something, presumably the auto gyro, making a noise which makes Prof. Henry R. Quail and Peggy Joyce look up. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Too Much Harmony (1933). See more »
Soundtracks She Was a China Tea-cup and He Was Just a Mug See more »
Quotes Professor Quail: Hey! Where am I?
Woman: Wu-Hu.
Professor Quail: Woo-Hoo to you sweetheart. Hey Charlie, where am I?
Hotel Manager: WU-HU!
[Professor Quail removes the flower from his lapel]
Professor Quail: Don't let the posey fool you!
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