Merrily We Go to Hell
“In her innocence she expected days and nights of tender love. What she got was a Bitter Shock!”
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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Cast
33 people
Sylvia Sidney
Joan Prentice
Known for
Beetlejuice
Sabotage
Fredric March
Jerry Corbett
Known for
The Best Years of Our Lives
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Adrianne Allen
Claire Hempstead
Also in
Meet Mr. Malcolm
The October Man
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Buck
Known for
Alice in Wonderland
George Irving
Mr. Prentice
Known for
Bringing Up Baby
Island of Lost Souls
Esther Howard
Vi
Known for
Detour
Murder, My Sweet
Florence Britton
Charlcie
Also in
The Devil Plays
The Devil to Pay!
Charles Coleman
Richard Damery
Known for
The Gay Divorcee
A Christmas Carol
Cary Grant
Charlie Baxter
Known for
North by Northwest
Notorious
Kent Taylor
Greg Boleslavsky
Known for
Death Takes a Holiday
I'm No Angel
Robert Greig
Baritone Bartender (uncredited)
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
Trouble in Paradise
Ernie Adams
Reporter (uncredited)
Known for
The Pride of the Yankees
Invisible Ghost
Dorothy Arzner Director · Edwin Justus Mayer Screenplay Cleo Lucas Story
United States release June 10, 1932 · Produced in United States
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 10, 1932
Theatrical
France
December 19, 1932 · Theatrical
June 22, 2021 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
United Kingdom
July 19, 1932 · Limited theatrical · London
January 23, 1933 · Theatrical
June 14, 2021 · Physical · Blu-Ray
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