International House

When a Chinese inventor (Edmund Breese) creates a precursor to television, an assortment of oddballs converge upon a Wuhu luxury hotel with designs on purchasing-or plundering-the miracle device. Comedy, variety, and pre-Code cheekiness prevail in this all-star hodgepodge featuring W.C. Fields, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bela Lugosi, Stu Erwin, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Franklin Pangborn; performance segments include Rudy Vallee, Cab Calloway, Rose Marie. 69 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.