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# Nothing Sacred

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To redeem himself after a hoax, reporter Wallace Cook proposes a series of stories on doomed Hazel Flagg. Hazel discovers she really doesn't have radium poisoning, but still accepts the big fling in New York that Cook offers her. At first, she has a great time, but complications arise when she and Wally fall in love, and an Austrian specialist discovers that Hazel is faking.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The Magic of Carole Lombard
  

*by B***D on Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2005*

This film classic takes cynicism to new heights in fun fashion as Carole Lombard gives a truly wonderful performance as a girl from a small town in Vermont who becomes the toast of New York thanks to jaded reporter Fredric March, and a bad medical diagnosis from her pal Charles Winninger. David O. Selznick produced and William A. Wellman directed what is not only a screen classic, but one of the finest moments in Carole Lombard's career.Ben Hecht wrote the screenplay from a story by James H. Street and it is both a funny and cynical take on the newspaper business and the American public. Oscar Levant wrote the score and Raymond Scott and his Quintett add some swing music. Fredric March and Carole Lombard have a chemistry that makes this one a lot of fun.Fredrick March is Wally Cook, a star reporter for the "New York Morning Star" who is demoted to the obituary page when his paper is taken for a free ride by a man passing himself off as a Sultan. When he turns out to be only a bootblack, Cook feels the heat from his boss, Oliver Stone (Walter Connolly). Connolly is fine as the editor with egg on his face. Stone has a heart, but only if you're willing to blast for it!Wally sees a chance to get back in Oliver's good graces when he spots a short story about a young girl from the small town of Warsaw, Vermont, who has been diagnosed with radium poisoning and has only a short time to live. He heads for Warsaw to bring back, and exploit, Hazel Flagg, cut down in her prime.Carole Lombard, of course, is Hazel Flagg. The reason Hazel is crying isn't because she's dying, but rather because Dr. Enoch Downer (Charles Winninger) has just told Hazel he made a mistake and she's going to have to remain in Warsaw after all. Hazel was going to use the 200 dollars you get from dying in Warsaw to see the world, and get out of the small town. Winninger is a hoot as the doctor who drinks his poison out of a black jug and is still upset with not winning an essay contest in Wally's paper.When Wally shows up and wants to take Hazel back to New York, she sees her chance to get out, and talks her friend Enoch into going with her under the ruse that she really is dying. As she tells Enoch: "It's startling to be brought to life twice, and each time in Warsaw!" Once they travel by plane to New York, which is a new experience for both Hazel and Enoch, the real fun begins.Lombard is sweet and adorable as Hazel lives it up as though she were really dying and in the process, thanks to a series of stories by Wally, becomes the toast of New York. Wally begins to feel bad, however, and finds himself falling for Hazel. There is a romantic scene as they go sailing and Lombard is lovely here. Hazel is beginning to fall for Wally as well, and is starting to feel bad about the charade.Lombard is hilarious as she gets plastered at a casino and passes out before the devoted crowd. The cynicism of Ben Hecht's script really shines as Oliver, standing over Hazel, inquires from Wally about her condition: "Don't spare my feelings. We go to press in 15 minutes." There are many such moments contrasted against the sweetness of Hazel Flagg.Once a team of real doctors are brought in to examine Hazel, the gig is up. Hazel loves Wally and decides to fake her suicide with Enoch's help in order to save his career. Wally doesn't care that it was all fake, however, and in a rush to save her, ends up knocking her in the river where he almost drowns himself, because he can't swim. Lombard in a fireman's hat and wet clothes will leave no doubt that she was one of the screen's most beautiful actresses, as well as one of its finest comedians.There is a hilarious fight scene between Wally and Hazel as he tries to give her symptoms of pnemonia that has a romantic glow despite the cynicism involved. The only way to make things work for both Hazel and the paper, however, is for her to go away alone to die. Wally may have to leave also if he wants to join her on the cruise to "death" she's taking with Enoch.This was a film originally in early technicolor. Prints vary as to color quality, the Kino version being the best I've seen. All are watchable, however, and this film is just as wonderful, perhaps even more so, if you turn off the color and simply watch it in glorious black and white. Lombard would give her life for her country on an Indiana war bond tour and this film is a shining example of the magic she left behind. You do not want to miss it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Let's get it right.
  

*by N***E on Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2008*

The editorial comment is just a teensy off - the movie it's describing is "A Star Is Born," not "Nothing Sacred" as stated.  That said, let me say that this double feature from Marengo is a happy little surprise.  Criterion quality being a 10 and Madacy being, well, a 1, I'm giving Marengo a good solid 7 for overall quality.Nowadays, everybody and their dog's company is offering old movies on DVD.  With the results you'd expect.  Having spent about a bazillion bucks on old movies, I learned the hard way that you generally get what you pay for.  So, I wasn't expecting much when I ordered Marengo's double feature of "Nothing Sacred" and "A Star Is Born."  Imagine my delight when it turned out to be a terrific bargain.Both movies are Selznick productions made in 1937, both directed by William Wellman and both are technicolor starring vehicles for Frederick March.  March's leading ladies are respectively Carole Lombard and Janet Gaynor."Nothing Sacred," co-starring Lombard, is a hilarious screwball comedy about fibbing, fraud and all the attendant tangle-ups.  The ensemble cast plays it broadly and brilliantly.  Hazel Flagg (Lombard) has been diagnosed with radium poisoning (fatal) by the local doc.  But early on, Doc admits to her that she's OK after all - says he'd got so he was seeing radium poisoning everywhere.  Hazel's a little disappointed.  Not much excitement in a small New England burg and it was fun being the center of attention.  Meanwhile, a reporter (March) from a big New York paper has arrived to do a human interest story on Flagg.  He's so taken with her "bravery" in the face of impending death that he offers her a fabulous all-expenses-paid trip to New York to do it up right before the bitter end.  They know it's wrong, but Hazel and Doc convince themselves that after all they've been through they're entitled.  So, off they go, Hazel becoming the next New York flavor of the month.  The movie's a great romp, skewering hypocrisy, affectation, sham and pretense, sparing "Nothing Sacred.""A Star Is Born," co-starring Gaynor, is a well made drama that was rather overshadowed by the Judy Garland/James Mason remake of 1954.  But this picture has merit because of the fine performances of the cast and Wellman's directorial touch.  Janet Gaynor plays Esther Blodgett, an average kid who wants to be in the movies, so her loving granny subsidizes the trip out to Hollywood with her funeral money.  Esther meets top actor Norman Maine (March) by accident while waitressing at a party and it's through him that she eventually gets her toehold in the industry.  They fall in love, marry and live "happily" ever after.  As Esther's star rises, Norman's becomes eclipsed and he succumbs to alchoholism.  There's hypocrisy, affectation, sham and pretense in this movie, too, framed within the story of the movie industry itself.  However, instead of fun and satire, we find tragedy and sorrow.Gaynor had a meteoric rise in silents and in fact became the recipient of the first Oscar for best actress in 1929.  She was at the top of her game in this piece, receiving the nomination again for best actress, but her career abruptly ended after just two more pictures, eerily echoing the theme of "A Star Is Born."So, I recommend you get this DVD, kids.  The price is right.  The quality's surprisingly good and the stories are ideal vehicles for the stars and director.  A jug of root beer, a tub of popcorn and thee...

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Great restoration of a Lombard classic.
  

*by M***K on Reviewed in Australia on June 21, 2019*

The story hasn't aged at all and Lombard proves again what a supreme actress she was. I had an earlier DVD which was a good print except for a couple of extended scenes which were the victim of differential shrinkage of the original three strips. The Blu Ray has overcome this problem and the print is solid throughout. A very enjoyable comedy.

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