
27/12/2023
Nothing Sacred (1937) | Full Movie
New York newspaper reporter Wally Cook is blamed for reporting a Harlem bootblack Ernest Walker as a nobleman "of the Orient" hosting a charity event. Cook claims he was unaware, but he is demoted to writing obituaries. He begs his boss Oliver Stone for another chance, and points out a story about a woman, Hazel Flagg, reportedly dying of radium poisoning. Cook is sent to the (fictional) town of Warsaw, Vermont, to interview Hazel. Cook finally locates Hazel, who is crying both because her doctor has told her that she is not dying and because she realizes she might be stuck in Vermont for her whole life. Unaware of this, Cook invites Hazel and her doctor to New York as guests of the Morning Star newspaper.
The newspaper uses her story to increase its circulation. She receives a ticker-tape parade and the key to the city, and becomes an inspiration to many. She and Wally fall in love, and he asks her to marry him even though he still thinks she's dying. After a medical exam by three independent doctors, it is finally discovered that Hazel is not really dying, and city officials and Stone decide that it would be better to avoid embarrassment by having it seem that she went off to die, "like an elephant". Hazel and Wally get married and quietly set sail for the tropics.
Studio: Selznick International Pictures
Director: William A. Wellman
Producer: David O. Selznick
Writer: Ben Hecht, James H. Street
Stars: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Released: 25 Nov 1937
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New York newspaper reporter Wally Cook is blamed for reporting a Harlem bootblack Ernest Walker as a nobleman "of the Orient" hosting a charity event. Cook c...