Comedy ·Drama ·Romance · United States of America · 1932 · 1h 23m

Merrily We Go to Hell

Merrily We Go to Hell poster
Director
Dorothy Arzner
Cast
Sylvia Sidney as Joan Prentice Fredric March as Jerry Corbett Adrianne Allen as Claire Hempstead Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher as Buck George Irving as Mr. Prentice Esther Howard as Vi
Crew
David Abel — Director of Photography Jane Loring — Editor Rudolph G. Kopp — Original Music Composer John Leipold — Original Music Composer Edwin Justus Mayer — Screenplay
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Merrily We Go to Hell — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
ex-loveralcoholismplaywrightmistressheiressgossip columnistpre-codeopen marriagewoman directorstage actressadulterous affairunconventional arrangement
Key Collaborators
Dorothy Arzner Director David Abel Director of Photography Jane Loring Editor Rudolph G. Kopp Original Music Composer John Leipold Original Music Composer Edwin Justus Mayer Screenplay
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