Merrily We Go to Hell
United States • 1932 • 1h 23m
Director
#1076Criterion Collection →Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
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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Credits
Crew
DirectorDorothy Arzner
WriterEdwin Justus Mayer
CinematographerDavid Abel
ComposerJohn Leipold, Rudolph G. Kopp
EditorJane Loring
Cast
Sylvia Sidneyas Joan Prentice
Fredric Marchas Jerry Corbett
Adrianne Allenas Claire Hempstead
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagheras Buck