Nothing Sacred

11/25/19371h 17m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ SEE THE BIG FIGHT! ~

Overview:

When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.

Director:

William A. Wellman

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

new york city
newspaper
radium
reporter
screwball comedy
vermont
faking illness

Cast

Carole Lombard

~ as ~

Hazel Flagg

Fredric March

~ as ~

Wallace "Wally" Cook

Charles Winninger

~ as ~

Dr. Enoch Downer

Walter Connolly

~ as ~

Oliver Stone

Sig Ruman

~ as ~

Dr. Emil Eggelhoffer

Frank Fay

~ as ~

Master of Ceremonies

Troy Brown Sr.

~ as ~

Ernest Walker

Maxie Rosenbloom

~ as ~

Max Levinsky

Margaret Hamilton

~ as ~

Warsaw, Vermont Drugstore Lady

Olin Howland

~ as ~

Baggage Man

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
I rather enjoyed this. Sure, it doesn't quite conform to the attitudes of the naughties, but I think that's part of it's purpose and of our progress - it really does stand back and take a swipe at virtually everything vain, empty, and shallow in a daft comedy with Carole Lombard and Frederic March. The former plays the victim of a misdiagnosis with mixed emotions. Though happy no longer to be heading for the arms of Hades, she was looking forward to using her compensation money to go out in style. March is a gullible reporter trying to repair his recently damaged reputation, who decides her story (not aware of the truth, as yet) is just what his readers want and so sets about indulging her - so off to New York she goes where she successfully ingratiates herself with society and becomes something of "draw". There is a love story with March, of less interest - though it does build nicely to the obvious question for the the conclusion.... what is going to happen when she doesn't actually die?