Nothing Sacred

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Nothing Sacred

1937,

1h 15m,

Comedy

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Certain she was dying from radium poisoning, Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard) is delighted to learn from her doctor that it was a false alarm. But when dapper and desperate New York City reporter Wally Cook (Fredric March) shows up looking for a story about a young girl braving terminal illness, Hazel decides that she's sick again. Wally whisks her off to Manhattan, where her supposed courage wins her many admirers. The toast of the town, she falls in love with Wally and dreads being discovered.

Ann Ross

Maclean's Magazine

Jul 18, 2019

The principals are excellent as usual, and have the additional fine support of Charles Winninger and Walter Connolly.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Dec 22, 2018

3/4

The perpetual digs against journalists are especially amusing, as when someone cracks that even "the hand of God reaching down into the mire couldn't elevate one of them to the depths of degradation!"

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Jan 7, 2012

Wellman knew to keep this story short -- it runs just 73 minutes -- and speedy. And yet he understands how to conduct it so that it's more than just breakneck comedy.

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Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Mar 23, 2008

5/5

Classically funny Wellman screwball comedy starring wonderful Lombard, equalled by March.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

May 30, 2007

A-

Sophisticated, well-oiled 1930s screwball comedy.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Sep 15, 2006

A

The film has been perceived as a satire on yellow journalism due to Hect'd experience. There's a key line in which a NY journalst is told: A Newspaperman? The hand of God reaching down into the mire couldn't elevate one of them to the depth of degradation

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Feb 2, 2019

The best romcom movie ever made!

Albus R

May 16, 2018

It's nice to see Frederic March and Carole Lombard in color, especially since this was the only color film she ever made. The premise is pretty silly, that so much would be made out of this 'dying' woman in the press and all over New York that shows would be stopped in her presence, she would be given the key to the city, etc., but it's a screwball comedy, so you just have to roll with it. The film had its moments, such as the treatment March faces in Vermont, with its taciturn adults, and a child who scampers out from behind a fence to bite him on the leg. However, it's pretty uneven in terms of humor, with a lot of run of the mill content, and several groaners. You'll also have to forgive some racial stereotypes, and March working Lombard up into a fever by boxing with her, and then knocking her out in one of the film's big scenes. Those bits are in keeping with the time period and not too ugly though, and it was nice to see Lombard give as good as she got. The production value for the film was high, as despite the weakness of the early technicolor process, it had a nice score, and many fantastic shots around New York. My favorite moment in the film is when March proposes to Lombard, despite thinking she has only a few weeks to live. In a film with a lot of screwball moments and one-liners, it had this little gem: "Oh Wally, I... I mustn't. Don't ask me. Please, just kiss me once more and let it go at that without ruining your life." "So what the devil is there better to life than we've got? A handful of perfect hours. That's all the luckiest ever get out of it. Just a handful of hours to save and remember. And then... I'll be there at the end, sailor. I'll be there waving you goodbye. It'll be the same as if you and I had lived forever. And you'll... you'll grow old in my heart."

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Kylo G

Mar 22, 2017

Cute romantic comedy.

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William A. Wellman

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Carole Lombard

Hazel Flagg

Fredric March

Wally Cook

Charles Winninger

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Walter Connolly

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Synopsis

Certain she was dying from radium poisoning, Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard) is delighted to learn from her doctor that it was a false alarm. But when dapper and desperate New York City reporter Wally Cook (Fredric March) shows up looking for a story about a young girl braving terminal illness, Hazel decides that she's sick again. Wally whisks her off to Manhattan, where her supposed courage wins her many admirers. The toast of the town, she falls in love with Wally and dreads being discovered.

Director: William A. Wellman
Producer: David O. Selznick
Screenwriter: Ben Hecht
Production Co: Selznick International Pictures
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 25, 1937, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 11, 2016
Runtime: 1h 15m

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