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Merrily We Go to Hell

1932 · 83 min

A bittersweet pre-Code romance that balances wit and heartbreak, drawing you into a turbulent marriage with raw emotional honesty.

Directed by
Dorothy Arzner
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tagline
In her innocence she expected days and nights of tender love. What she got was a Bitter Shock!
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Dorothy Arzner
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • love
  • betrayal
  • redemption
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism8
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Dorothy Arzner
Written by
Edwin Justus Mayer
Starring
Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Adrianne Allen, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, George Irving, Esther Howard, Florence Britton, Charles Coleman
Music
John Leipold, Rudolph G. Kopp
Cinematography
David Abel
Runtime
83 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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