Clark Gable and Norma Shearer sing "Abide with Me" in Idiot's Delight (Brown, 1939)

Clark Gable and Norma Shearer sing "Abide with Me" in Idiot's Delight

[@JEFFIE-jp6kj]

Fabulous scene .. love Shearer

[@sallyperdue3185]

This is a beautiful scene.

[@Loopyloualways]

This was my great nan's favourite hymn...

[@CaptainNavman]

Oh My Gosh

[@AbelMcTalisker]

What strikes me about this is that the movie is today depicted as a "WW2" film. The thing is if you watch the film closely and do a bit of reading up about the screenplay it becomes clearer that the War depicted as starting is NOT the historical WW2 we are familiar with. More a fictional apocalyptic one resembling that in the 1936 film "Things to Come". In that context perhaps this movie is somewhat underrated. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5Ddc6Wlp9J0qa8

[@dreams_after_midnight2823]

💜💜💜💜💖

[@iac4357]

Per W,,,,,,pedi@- In the play, the curtain goes down on Harry and Irene as they sing "Onward Christian Soldiers" while bombs are exploding outside, leaving their survival an open question, but both versions of the film's ending show the couple to be safe and happy after the air raid. The international film version featured the hymn "Abide with Me". The domestic version replaced the impelling "Onward, Christian Soldiers", and its militant imagery, with a more demure supplication.

[@killerjoe5628]

Horrible movie. The sight of Clark Gable holding that came and doing a dance routine was just... I had to watch Gone with the Wind six times just to get that image out of my head. And that cockeyed Norma Shearer... She never looked more ridiculous, and that is saying a lot for her.

[@prfit]

I admire your passion. Watch this to cheer yourself up: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5e8fpqVnN6Ca6s

[@killerjoe5628]

@@prfit You bastard...I trusted you.

[@iac4357]

cane

[@killerjoe5628]

@@iac4357 Never correct me. It disgusts me.

[@killerjoe5628]

I just watched this movie again this morning and my opinion has completely changed. It's actually a very good movie. I especially enjoyed the Burgess Meredith character. While it didn't really work as a comedy for me I thought it was a very thoughtful picture. I still think that Gable with his ridiculously cut zoot suit and Norma Shearer were a bit miscast, but all in all the movie wasn't bad.