Nothing Sacred (1937) | Directed by William A. Wellman - Full Movie

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Nothing Sacred is an American Technicolor screwball comedy film directed in 1937 by William A. Wellman, produced by David O. Selznick, and starring Carole Lombard and Fredric March with a supporting cast featuring Charles Winninger and Walter Connolly. Ben Hecht was credited with the screenplay based on the 1937 story "Letter to the Editor" by James H. Street, and an array of additional writers, including Ring Lardner Jr., Budd Schulberg, Dorothy Parker, Sidney Howard, Moss Hart, George S. Kaufman and Robert Carson made uncredited contributions.

The lush, Gershwinesque music score was by Oscar Levant, with additional music by Alfred Newman and Max Steiner and a swing number by Raymond Scott's Quintette. The film was shot in Technicolor by W. Howard Greene and edited by James E. Newcom, and was a Selznick International Pictures production distributed by United Artists. The film's opening credits feature distinctive caricatures of the leading actors, as 3d-figurines, and creative artists, as 2d-cartoons, by Sam Berman.

Directed by: William A. Wellman
Written by: Ben Hecht (screenplay) with uncredited contributions from: Budd Schulberg, Ring Lardner Jr., Dorothy Parker, Sidney Howard, Moss Hart, George S. Kaufman, Robert Carson
Based on "Letter to the Editor" 1937 short story Cosmopolitan by James H. Street
Produced by: David O. Selznick
Starring: Carole Lombard, Fredric March
Cinematography: W. Howard Greene
Edited by: James E. Newcom
Music by: Oscar Levant
Production company: Selznick International
Distributed by: United Artists
Release date: November 25, 1937
Running time: 77 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $1,262,000