ex-lover,playwright,mistress,heiress,gossip columnist,pre-code,open marriage,woman director,stage actress,adulterous affair,unconventional arrangement,alcoholic husband,adulterous husband,modern woman

Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)

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

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Dorothy Arzner
  • Profile picture of Sylvia Sidney
    Joan Prentice Sylvia Sidney
  • Profile picture of Fredric March
    Jerry Corbett Fredric March
  • Profile picture of Adrianne Allen
    Claire Hempstead Adrianne Allen
  • Profile picture of Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
    Buck Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
  • Profile picture of George Irving
    Mr. Prentice George Irving
  • Profile picture of Esther Howard
    Vi Esther Howard
  • Profile picture of Florence Britton
    Charlcie Florence Britton
  • Profile picture of Charles Coleman
    Richard Damery Charles Coleman

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Keywords

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  • playwright
  • mistress
  • heiress
  • gossip columnist
  • pre-code
  • open marriage
  • woman director
  • stage actress
  • adulterous affair
  • unconventional arrangement
  • alcoholic husband
  • adulterous husband
  • modern woman