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Nothing Sacred

  • 1937
  • Passed
  • 1h 17m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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Carole Lombard and Fredric March in Nothing Sacred (1937)
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An eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit.An eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit.An eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit.

  • Director
    • William A. Wellman
  • Writers
    • Ben Hecht
    • James Street
    • David O. Selznick
  • Stars
    • Carole Lombard
    • Fredric March
    • Charles Winninger
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • William A. Wellman
    • Writers
      • Ben Hecht
      • James Street
      • David O. Selznick
    • Stars
      • Carole Lombard
      • Fredric March
      • Charles Winninger
    • 121User reviews
    • 56Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
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    Carole Lombard and Fredric March in Nothing Sacred (1937)
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    Carole Lombard
    Carole Lombard
    • Hazel Flagg
    Fredric March
    Fredric March
    • Wally Cook
    Charles Winninger
    Charles Winninger
    • Dr. Enoch Downer
    Walter Connolly
    Walter Connolly
    • Oliver Stone
    Sig Ruman
    Sig Ruman
    • Dr. Emil Eggelhoffer
    • (as Sig Rumann)
    Frank Fay
    Frank Fay
    • Master of Ceremonies
    Troy Brown Sr.
    Troy Brown Sr.
    • Ernest Walker
    • (as Troy Brown)
    Maxie Rosenbloom
    Maxie Rosenbloom
    • Max Levinsky
    Margaret Hamilton
    Margaret Hamilton
    • Vermont Drugstore Lady
    Olin Howland
    Olin Howland
    • Vermont Baggage Man
    Raymond Scott and His Quintet
    • Novelty Swing Orchestra
    • (as Raymond Scott and his Quintette)
    Monica Bannister
    Monica Bannister
    • 'Pocahontas'
    • (uncredited)
    Bobby Barber
    Bobby Barber
    • Nightclub Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Billy Barty
    Billy Barty
    • Boy Biting Wally's Ankle
    • (uncredited)
    Tommy E. Baughner
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Everett Brown
    Everett Brown
    • Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    Helen Brown
    • Secretary
    • (uncredited)
    Allan Cavan
    Allan Cavan
    • Guest at Banquet
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • William A. Wellman
    • Writers
      • Ben Hecht
      • James Street
      • David O. Selznick(uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Ben Hecht wrote a role for his friend John Barrymore, but David O. Selznick refused to hire Barrymore due to his alcohol abuse. Hecht refused to work on any more drafts and quit the film.
    • Goofs
      They are inconsistent with the volume numbers on issues of The Morning Star. When Hazel first arrives in New York, the front page says it's issue is in Volume 27. Several days later, when Hazel blacks out from drinking too much, it's listed as being in Volume 22 (which would be roughly five years earlier in most real world publications).
    • Quotes

      Wally Cook: For good clean fun, there's nothing like a wake.

      Hazel Flagg: Oh please, let's not talk shop.

    • Crazy credits
      Each of the stars' names is shown on a title card set beside a plaster caricature. The rest of the cast have caricatures alongside their names in the credits.
    • Alternate versions
      Also available in a Cinecolor version "In Color". The credit for Natalie Kalmus as Technicolor Consultant is missing from this version.
    • Connections
      Edited into Your Afternoon Movie: Nothing Sacred (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      Give My Regards to Broadway
      (1904) (uncredited)

      Music by George M. Cohan

      Arranged by Raymond Scott

      Performed by Raymond Scott and His Quintet

      Played for Frank Fay's entrance

    User reviews121

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    Featured review
    8/10
    Still Great
    William Wellman was really a helluva director. Anyone that can do a movie like this, and make "The Ox-Bow Incident" too, must have been born to direct.

    Coming in at a breezy 75 minutes, "Nothing Sacred" is still very funny on several levels, for several different reasons. Plot does not matter as much as execution, and how you deliver a line matters more than the line itself.

    Frederic March and Carole Lombard are perfect, and the supporting cast is just as good, especially the actor who played 'Oliver Stone', March's frustrated boss.

    Wellman does unconventional things like make the actors faces be hidden by a tree branch, practically unheard of in that day and age. But the fact of the matter is, that sometimes people are not perfectly framed in life, so maybe they shouldn't be in the movies - at least not as a rule. The first time you get a good look at Lombard, she has shaving cream on her face from kissing a man who is shaving - also not the normal star-moment you might expect.

    Just terrific. 9/10.
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    5
    • Boyo-2
    • Jun 17, 2002

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    • Release date
      • November 26, 1937 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ništa sveto
    • Filming locations
      • Agoura Hills, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Selznick International Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,831,927 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,765
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 17 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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