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Merrily We Go to Hell

Merrily We Go to Hell

In her innocence she expected days and nights of tender love. What she got was a Bitter Shock!

19326.41h 23m

Overview

A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.

Directed by Dorothy Arzner
Written by Cleo Lucas, Edwin Justus Mayer
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Top Cast

Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney

Joan Prentice

Fredric March

Fredric March

Jerry Corbett

Adrianne Allen

Adrianne Allen

Claire Hempstead

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Buck

George Irving

George Irving

Mr. Prentice

Esther Howard

Esther Howard

Vi

Florence Britton

Florence Britton

Charlcie

Charles Coleman

Charles Coleman

Richard Damery

Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Charlie Baxter

Kent Taylor

Kent Taylor

Greg Boleslavsky

Themes & Keywords

ex-loveralcoholismplaywrightmistressheiressgossip columnistpre-codeopen marriagewoman directorstage actressadulterous affairunconventional arrangementalcoholic husbandadulterous husbandmodern woman

About Merrily We Go to Hell

Merrily We Go to Hell is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 1932 exploring themes of ex-lover, alcoholism, playwright, mistress, heiress, gossip columnist. Directed by Dorothy Arzner, it stars Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Adrianne Allen. A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.

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