• Director(s)

    Dorothy Arzner

  • Production Year

    1932

  • Genre(s)

    Romance, Drama, Comedy

  • Approx. running minutes

    83m

  • Cast

    Adrianne Allen, Fredric March, Sylvia Sidney

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Merrily We Go To Hell (1932)

alcoholism theme, mild sex references

MERRILY WE GO TO HELL is a 1932 black-and-white romantic comedy drama in which a young heiress marries an alcoholic writer.…

MERRILY WE GO TO HELL is a 1932 black-and-white romantic comedy drama in which a young heiress marries an alcoholic writer.

sex
A woman is upset by her husband’s adultery but reluctantly decides they will have a ‘modern marriage’ wherein they both have affairs. These affairs occur mostly off screen, but in one scene we see the husband publicly kissing another woman.
theme
A man with an alcohol addiction is frequently shown drinking to excess, contributing to the breakdown of his marriage.
additional issues
A white man complains of being overworked by putting on an accent and calling himself ‘poor old Uncle Tom’. There are non-graphic references to the off-screen death of a new-born baby, and a discreet implied reference to suicide. A drunk man at a party holds a struggling woman and tries to kiss her, but she quickly manages to push him away. One man punches another, without causing visible injury.

  • Director(s)

    Dorothy Arzner

  • Production Year

    1932

  • Genre(s)

    Romance, Drama, Comedy

  • Approx. running minutes

    83m

  • Cast

    Adrianne Allen, Fredric March, Sylvia Sidney

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alcoholism theme, mild sex references
Classified Date:
04/06/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
sex
A woman is upset by her husband’s adultery but reluctantly decides they will have a ‘modern marriage’ wherein they both have affairs. These affairs occur mostly off screen, but in one scene we see the husband publicly kissing another woman.
theme
A man with an alcohol addiction is frequently shown drinking to excess, contributing to the breakdown of his marriage.
additional issues
A white man complains of being overworked by putting on an accent and calling himself ‘poor old Uncle Tom’. There are non-graphic references to the off-screen death of a new-born baby, and a discreet implied reference to suicide. A drunk man at a party holds a struggling woman and tries to kiss her, but she quickly manages to push him away. One man punches another, without causing visible injury.
Classified Date:
04/06/2021
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Classified Date:
04/06/2021
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

  • Classified date

    04/06/2021

  • Language

    English