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Merrily We Go to Hell
“In her innocence she expected days and nights of tender love. What she got was a Bitter Shock!”
6.5 / 10• 1932• 1h 23m•NR• English
ComedyDramaRomance
Storyline
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
Sylvia Sidney
Joan Prentice
Lead
Fredric March
Jerry Corbett
Adrianne Allen
Claire Hempstead
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Buck
George Irving
Mr. Prentice
Esther Howard
Vi
Florence Britton
Charlcie
Charles Coleman
Richard Damery
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Dorothy Arzner's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Merrily We Go to Hell is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
