Merrily We Go to Hell

Merrily We Go to Hell

83 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | June 10, 1932

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.

Merrily We Go to Hell

83 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | June 10, 1932

Merrily We Go to Hell
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Paramount
Original title Merrily We Go to Hell
Directors Dorothy Arzner, Charles Barton
Writers Cleo Lucas, Edwin Justus Mayer

Cast

Sylvia Sidney

as Joan Prentice

Fredric March

as Jerry Corbett

Adrianne Allen

as Claire Hempstead

George Irving

as Mr. Prentice

Florence Britton

as Charlcie

Charles Coleman

as Richard Damery

Cary Grant

as Charlie Baxter

Kent Taylor

as Greg Boleslavsky

Robert Greig

as Baritone Bartender

Ernie Adams

as Reporter (uncredited)

Mildred Boyd

as Jane (uncredited)

Edna Callahan

as Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Leonard Carey

as Prentice's Butler (uncredited)

Harry Cording

as Fred (uncredited)

Milla Davenport

as Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)

Neal Dodd

as Minister (uncredited)

Jay Eaton

as Friend (uncredited)

Bill Elliott

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Mary Halsey

as Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Theresa Harris

as Powder Room Attendant (uncredited)

Amo Ingraham

as Bridesmaid (uncredited)

LeRoy Mason

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell

as Jake Symonds (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

as Party Guest (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

as Waiter (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

as Wedding Usher (uncredited)

Tom Ricketts

as Wedding Spectator (uncredited)

Irene Robeson

as Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Pat Somerset

as Friend (uncredited)

Harry Strang

as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

Gordon Westcott

as Party Boy (uncredited)