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.  Director: William A. Wellman  Writer: Ben Hecht, James Street, David O. Selznick  Stars: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger

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00:01Ladies and gentlemen, announcing the Battle of the Century.

00:05Carol Lombard versus Frederick March in Nothing Sacred.

00:08Yeah, yeah, let me sock you just once, just once on the job, and I don't care what.

00:14What caused this preacher to declare war on the handsome slicker from New York?

00:18Nothing Sacred tells you why, but solves no other war problems.

00:22Nothing Sacred solves no peace problems.

00:24Nothing solves no labor problems.

00:26Nothing Sacred solves absolutely nothing but your entertainment problems.

00:31And here's the cast of Problem Solvers.

00:33Carol Lombard.

00:34Oh, please, please, let's not talk shopper.

00:38Frederick March.

00:39Oliver's is the sweetest, loveliest kid in there that ever lived.

00:42Charles Winninger.

00:43Oh, the darkies am weeping.

00:49Walter Connolly.

00:49I am sitting here, Mr. Cook, toying with the idea of removing your heart and stuffing it like a knowledge.

00:58Frank Faye.

01:00Lady Godiva, who shaved her fortune.

01:05Say, Grumman, we had some trouble with that horse doctor from Vermont.

01:09Troy Brown.

01:10I was walking around like a certain meaning no harm.

01:14Flapsy-maxy Rosenblum.

01:16No, no, not a noise.

01:18No, no, not a turkey.

01:20Nothing Sacred joins the list of hits from David O. Selznick, producer of the classic David Copperfield.

01:26The dramatic A Star is Born.

01:28The romantic Prisoner of Zender.

01:31And now Selznick International brings you the tenderest, toughest comedy ever brought to the screen.

01:36Nothing Sacred.

01:38Jumping up up here like some hop head.

01:39I didn't jump, I was pushed.

01:40Carrying everybody out of their wit.

01:42Stop, stop, all right, I must be.

01:43Listen, either you give me your word of honor, you won't try that again or I'll spank you a little.

01:46It's fast, funny, cockeyed and romantic.

01:50It's a comedy riot.

01:52You must see nothing sacred.

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