Merrily We Go to Hell
In her innocence she expected days and nights of tender love. What she got was a Bitter Shock!
1932 | 83m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Dorothy Arzner |
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| Writer: | Edwin Justus Mayer, Cleo Lucas |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 10, 1932 |
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| Director: | Dorothy Arzner |
| Writer: | Edwin Justus Mayer, Cleo Lucas |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | ex-lover, alcoholism, playwright, mistress, heiress, gossip columnist, pre-code, open marriage, woman director, stage actress, adulterous affair, unconventional arrangement, alcoholic husband, adulterous husband, modern woman |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Sylvia Sidney | Joan Prentice |
| Fredric March | Jerry Corbett |
| Adrianne Allen | Claire Hempstead |
| Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher | Buck |
| George Irving | Mr. Prentice |
| Esther Howard | Vi |
| Florence Britton | Charlcie |
| Charles Coleman | Richard Damery |
| Cary Grant | Charlie Baxter |
| Kent Taylor | Greg Boleslavsky |
| Robert Greig | Baritone Bartender (uncredited) |
| Ernie Adams | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Mildred Boyd | June (uncredited) |
| Edna Callahan | Bridesmaid (uncredited) |
| Leonard Carey | Prentice's Butler (uncredited) |
| Harry Cording | Fred (uncredited) |
| Milla Davenport | Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited) |
| Neal Dodd | Minister (uncredited) |
| Jay Eaton | Friend (uncredited) |
| Bill Elliott | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Mary Halsey | Bridesmaid (uncredited) |
| Theresa Harris | Powder Room Attendant (uncredited) |
| Amo Ingraham | Bridesmaid (uncredited) |
| LeRoy Mason | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Edwin Maxwell | Jake Symonds (uncredited) |
| Edmund Mortimer | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| William H. O'Brien | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Dennis O'Keefe | Wedding Usher (uncredited) |
| Tom Ricketts | Wedding Spectator (uncredited) |
| Irene Robeson | Bridesmaid (uncredited) |
| Pat Somerset | Friend (uncredited) |
| Harry Strang | Taxicab Driver (uncredited) |
| Gordon Westcott | Party Boy (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Dorothy Arzner | Director |
| John Leipold | Original Music Composer |
| David Abel | Director of Photography |
| Jane Loring | Editor |
| Mel Ballerino | Casting |
| Fred A. Datig | Casting |
| Joe Egli | Casting Assistant |
| Cliff Shirpser | Assistant Camera |
| Harry D. Mills | Sound |
| Edwin Justus Mayer | Screenplay |
| Cleo Lucas | Original Story |
| Rudolph G. Kopp | Original Music Composer |
| Charles Barton | Assistant Director |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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