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Nothing Sacred (1937)

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A Vermont woman gets a free trip to New York. All she has to do is pretend she’s dying.

1937 · Screwball comedy · Technicolor · 74 minutes

Synopsis

New York reporter Wally Cook heads to Vermont to interview Hazel Flagg, a young woman said to be dying of radium poisoning. Hazel has just learned that her doctor got it wrong, but when Wally offers her a trip to New York, she keeps the news to herself. By the time the whole city takes her to heart, getting out of the story is harder than getting into it.

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Meet the stars

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
Frank Fay
Frank Fay — Master of ceremonies

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Production credits

Director: William A. Wellman
Producer: David O. Selznick
Screenplay: Ben Hecht, from a story by James H. Street
Cinematography: W. Howard Greene
Original music: Oscar Levant
Production: Selznick International Pictures

The film satirises the way newspapers turn a private story into a public spectacle. See the AFI Catalog for the full credits.

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