Nothing Sacred (1937)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

William A. Wellman

Writers:

James H. Street (story)
Ben Hecht (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 November 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

See the big fight! LOMBARD vs MARCH. Selznick International's sensational Technicolor comedy

Plot:

To redeem himself after a hoax, reporter Wallace Cook proposes a series of stories on doomed Hazel Flagg...

Plot Keywords:

New York | Reporter | Airplane | Straight Razor | Doctor

Cast

Carole Lombard	...	Hazel Flagg
Fredric March	...	Wallace 'Wally' Cook
Charles Winninger	...	Dr. Enoch Downer
Walter Connolly	...	Oliver Stone
Sig Ruman	...	Dr. Emil Eggelhoffer of Vienna (as Sig Rumann)
Frank Fay	...	Master of Ceremonies
Troy Brown Jr.	...	Ernest Walker (as Troy Brown)
Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom	...	Max Levinsky (as Maxie Rosenbloom)
Margaret Hamilton	...	Warsaw, Vermont Drugstore Lady
Olin Howland	...	Will Bull / Warsaw Vermont Baggage Man
Raymond Scott	...	Musical Leader (as Raymond Scott and His Quintet)

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Canada:G (Ontario) | Finland:K-15 (new rating: 2001) | France:U | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (certificate # 3744)

Filming Locations:

Agoura Hills, California, USA

Company:

Selznick International Pictures

Trivia:

Boxer 'Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom', who also acted in this film, gave boxing lessons to Carole Lombard before her discussion with Fredric March in this film.

Quotes:

Hazel Flagg: It's kind of startling to be brought to life twice - and each time in Warsaw!

Movie Connections:

Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)

A great satire

Some of the recent comments are wholly unjust to this movie. The point of the film is to make fun of phony sentimentalism, sanctimonious posturing, and the general tendency of the media to put profit ahead of grace, dignity, and the simple truth. Carole Lombard is not only beautiful, but an exceedingly talented actress (in this and everything else she did). The writing cuts to the bone, exposing hypocrisy in all its forms. The film is as fresh today, and is as relevant to the culture, as it was when it was made. As for the notion that a movie made in 1937 offends someone's sense of what is politically correct in 2004, and therefore deserves criticism, give me a break.