Nothing Sacred
film by Wellman [1937]
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discussed in biography
- In William Wellman: Films of the late 1930s of William Wellman
…in its own right was Nothing Sacred (1937), a scathing screwball comedy that featured what some believe to be Carole Lombard’s best performance and a surprisingly modern screenplay by Ben Hecht about media manipulation. Wellman returned to the skies with Men with Wings (1938), a Technicolor account of the early…
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role of Lombard
- In Carole Lombard
…with her ex-husband, William Powell; Nothing Sacred (1937), which featured Lombard as a woman misdiagnosed with a fatal illness and Fredric March as the unscrupulous reporter who tries to exploit her story; and To Be or Not to Be (1942), an anti-Nazi satire starring Lombard and Jack Benny as leaders…
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