This ¨Nothing Sacred¨ classy film was competently directed by William Wellman , was written by Ben Hecht , who also wrote the book for Hazel Flagg and receives onscreen credit for the subsequent remake titled : ¨Living It Up¨ . ¨Nothing sacred¨ has become a screwball comedy classic . It deals with an eccentric woman (Carole Lombard) to be aware she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed , she then fraudulently claims that he is dying in order to get an expense-paid dream tour of New York . As a reporter (Fredric March) for a New York newspaper convinces his editor (Walter Connolly) to let him write a series of articles on a young woman who is believed to be dying as a result of radioactive poisoning. Nevertheless , before she arrives out west , she learns from her doctor (Charles Winninger) that the diagnosis was a mistake and she's perfectly healthy .This is New York . Skycraper champion of the world , where the slickers and know-it-alls peddle gold brick to each other and where truth , crushed to Earth rises again more phony than a glass eye .That doesn't stop them from accepting the offer of an all- expenses paid trip to New York . Everyone in New York takes pity on her , while she and her doctor try to keep up their pretense . See the big fight! LOMBARD vs MARCH . Selznick International's sensational Technicolor comedy.
This laugh-a-minute comedy was a successful film , packing hilarious scenes , amusement , entertainment and nice interepretations . Carole Lombard & Fredric March vehicles go , this is one of the better offerings , as this Nothing Sacred contains lots of fun . The plot is plain and simple but very amusing , doctor Charles Winninger wrongly diagnoses patient Carole Lombard telling her that she has radiation poisoning. New York reporter Fredric March finds out about this and brings Lombard and Winninger to New York as a publicity stunt . Here Carole Lombard gives a very sympathetic acting as the woman who meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit. In fact , Carole Lombard told that this was one of her favorites of the films she made. Fredric March is equally excellent as the obstinate journalist who discovers that Lombard is not going to die, but this does not matter to him ; he has fallen in love with her . The fabulous main cast is well accompanied by a pretty good support cast , such as : Charles Winninger as Dr. Enoch Downer ,Walter Connolly as Oliver Stone , Monty Whooley , Margaret Hamilton as Vermont Drugstore Lady , uncredited : Ann Doran , Hedda Hopper , Billy Barty as a little boy and Sig Ruman played "Dr. Egelhofer" in both the 1937 and 1954 pictures . It was remade as Living It Up (1954) directed by Norman Taurog , it's basically a reworking of the 1937 William Wellman picture . It was based on the 1953 Broadway musical Hazel Flagg , which was equally based on the 1937 David O. Selznick-United Artists film Nothing Sacred , it was played by Dean Martin / Jerry Lewis , with Lewis playing the Carole Lombard character, Martin playing the doctor and Janet Leigh replacing Fredric March . Nothing Sacred , in turn, was suggested by the short story "Letter to the Editor" by James H. Street. Nothing Sacred , which was directed by William Wellman, was written by Ben Hecht, who also wrote the book for Hazel Flagg and receives onscreen credit for Living It Up .
It packs an adequate cinematography in overblown colour by Howard Greene However , prints were struck in the less expensive and far inferior Cinecolor process , until a modern restoration in brilliant Technicolor . It delivers an attractive and atmospheric musical score by Oscar Levant who was also a notorious actor . This motion picture , being a big spectacle , well produced by United Artists , and compellingly financed by David O'Selznick who bought the rights himself, and proceeded to make the film "his" way and was a great hit at boxoffice . The yarn was stunningly directed by William A Wellman . William made very good films , as Wellman directed all kind of genres as Wartime : ¨Alas¨ , ¨Battleground¨ , ¨The story of GI Joe¨ , ¨Lafayette Escadrilla¨ , Drama : ¨Nothing sacred¨, ¨Blood Alley¨ , ¨Good my lady¨ , ¨Magic Town and the Oscarized ¨A Star is born¨ his greatest success , Adventure : ¨Beau Geste¨ , Gangster movie : ¨Public enemy ¨, and Western : ¨Buffalo Bill¨ , ¨, ¨Joaquin Murrieta¨ , ¨Across the wide Missouri¨ , ¨Westerward the woman¨ , ¨Yellow sky¨, ¨The Ox-Box incident¨, among others . Rating : 7/10 . Being included among the American Film Institute list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 Greatest American comedian movies . Above average , worthwhile watching.
This laugh-a-minute comedy was a successful film , packing hilarious scenes , amusement , entertainment and nice interepretations . Carole Lombard & Fredric March vehicles go , this is one of the better offerings , as this Nothing Sacred contains lots of fun . The plot is plain and simple but very amusing , doctor Charles Winninger wrongly diagnoses patient Carole Lombard telling her that she has radiation poisoning. New York reporter Fredric March finds out about this and brings Lombard and Winninger to New York as a publicity stunt . Here Carole Lombard gives a very sympathetic acting as the woman who meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit. In fact , Carole Lombard told that this was one of her favorites of the films she made. Fredric March is equally excellent as the obstinate journalist who discovers that Lombard is not going to die, but this does not matter to him ; he has fallen in love with her . The fabulous main cast is well accompanied by a pretty good support cast , such as : Charles Winninger as Dr. Enoch Downer ,Walter Connolly as Oliver Stone , Monty Whooley , Margaret Hamilton as Vermont Drugstore Lady , uncredited : Ann Doran , Hedda Hopper , Billy Barty as a little boy and Sig Ruman played "Dr. Egelhofer" in both the 1937 and 1954 pictures . It was remade as Living It Up (1954) directed by Norman Taurog , it's basically a reworking of the 1937 William Wellman picture . It was based on the 1953 Broadway musical Hazel Flagg , which was equally based on the 1937 David O. Selznick-United Artists film Nothing Sacred , it was played by Dean Martin / Jerry Lewis , with Lewis playing the Carole Lombard character, Martin playing the doctor and Janet Leigh replacing Fredric March . Nothing Sacred , in turn, was suggested by the short story "Letter to the Editor" by James H. Street. Nothing Sacred , which was directed by William Wellman, was written by Ben Hecht, who also wrote the book for Hazel Flagg and receives onscreen credit for Living It Up .
It packs an adequate cinematography in overblown colour by Howard Greene However , prints were struck in the less expensive and far inferior Cinecolor process , until a modern restoration in brilliant Technicolor . It delivers an attractive and atmospheric musical score by Oscar Levant who was also a notorious actor . This motion picture , being a big spectacle , well produced by United Artists , and compellingly financed by David O'Selznick who bought the rights himself, and proceeded to make the film "his" way and was a great hit at boxoffice . The yarn was stunningly directed by William A Wellman . William made very good films , as Wellman directed all kind of genres as Wartime : ¨Alas¨ , ¨Battleground¨ , ¨The story of GI Joe¨ , ¨Lafayette Escadrilla¨ , Drama : ¨Nothing sacred¨, ¨Blood Alley¨ , ¨Good my lady¨ , ¨Magic Town and the Oscarized ¨A Star is born¨ his greatest success , Adventure : ¨Beau Geste¨ , Gangster movie : ¨Public enemy ¨, and Western : ¨Buffalo Bill¨ , ¨, ¨Joaquin Murrieta¨ , ¨Across the wide Missouri¨ , ¨Westerward the woman¨ , ¨Yellow sky¨, ¨The Ox-Box incident¨, among others . Rating : 7/10 . Being included among the American Film Institute list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 Greatest American comedian movies . Above average , worthwhile watching.