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Nothing Sacred

Directed by David O. Selznick
19371h 17mColor4.6 / 5174.1k viewsPublic Domain

The hotshot newspaper reporter Wallace Cook (Fredric March) tries to get in the good graces of his boss, Oliver Stone (Walter Connolly) by exploiting the "imminent" death of an ailing young woman, Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard). By way of newsprint the doomed young lady becomes the toast of New York City until her health situation is revealed as a hoax. IMHO one of the best comedies that went into Public Domain. The funny story telling by William A. Wellman and the great cast makes this one an highly enjoyable A Class Movie. If you watch the movie carefully you`ll notice that William Wellman tries to took the already pretty face of Carole Lombard and place it into an high contrast frame which makes her face and mimic even more enjoyable to watch like in this take for example or when she`s wearing the Uniform of the NYC Firebrigade Nice idea and Chapo Mr. Wellman

Archivist Notes

Classic_TV_and_Radio_Fan★★★★★

""I have seen this before in B&W. I assume this is a colorized version?" Wikipedia says it was filmed in technicolor, the less-than-amazing colour pro..."

12/29/2008
barticle★★★★★

"I have seen this before in B&W. I assume this is a colorized version? I'll watch it again anyway. This is a pre-Code film, and an example of what Holl..."

12/29/2008
gmonk★★★★

"This film is a great little romantic comedy from the more 'innocent' age of film. Peppered throughout the film are several naughty bits, though rathe..."

12/29/2008
k-otic★★★★★

"This was an VHS Transfer (from an 20 yrear old tape) the original had alot of color shifting and fading into blue .. so that was the best i could do ...."

10/6/2008
Antsy★★★★★

"Is there any way to upload a higher resolution copy? Even on the computer screen this is foggy-looking. But at least it has colour - my old print i..."

10/6/2008
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