{"id":15954,"date":"2011-02-14T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15954"},"modified":"2021-02-09T09:54:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T16:54:40","slug":"nothing-sacred-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15954","title":{"rendered":"Nothing Sacred (1937)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You&#8217;ll be a sensation. The whole town&#8217;ll take you to its heart.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Poster-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Poster-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Poster-81x128.jpg 81w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA journalist (Fredric March) exploits the story of a small-town woman (Carole Lombard) supposedly dying of radium poisoning, who hides her healthy status in order to enjoy her new-found fame in New York.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carole Lombard Films<\/li>\n<li>Fredric March Films<\/li>\n<li>Journalists<\/li>\n<li>Media Spectacle<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<li>William Wellman Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary accurately labels this &#8220;classic screwball comedy&#8221; &#8212; scripted by Ben Hecht &#8212; as &#8220;an attack on the hypocrisy of all Americans&#8221; who &#8220;revel in their unselfishness and graciousness toward their fellow human beings, yet &#8230; delight in other people&#8217;s misery &#8230; and exploit it&#8221;. While Flagg is indeed an outright imposter, taking advantage of a free ride when it&#8217;s handed to her, she feels appropriately guilty the entire time &#8212; and in reality, she&#8217;s just &#8220;a 10-cent charlatan compared to the bloodsuckers who profit &#8230; from her plight&#8221;; thus, she remains an oddly sympathetic protagonist throughout. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Lombard3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Lombard3-1024x754.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"471\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Lombard3-1024x754.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Lombard3-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Lombard3-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Lombard3-768x566.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Lombard3-366x270.png 366w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Lombard3.png 1375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It helps, of course, that Flagg is played by the premiere screwball comedienne of the 1930s &#8212; beautiful Lombard (the &#8220;highest-paid star at the time&#8221;), who gives a &#8220;witty, animated performance&#8221;. March is &#8220;his usual too stiff self&#8221; (as Peary points out, this it &#8220;why it&#8217;s funny watching a small town boy greet him with a bite on the leg&#8221; during an unexpectedly laugh-out-loud moment) &#8212; but he&#8217;s a suitable foil for Lombard, whose energy never flags. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Boat.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Boat-1024x759.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Boat-1024x759.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Boat-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Boat-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Boat-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Boat-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Boat.png 1385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At just 75 minutes, this flick zips along speedily and never loses steam. The rapidity with which Flagg is embraced by the American public as its latest favorite &#8220;folk hero&#8221; resonates perfectly with the apparent speed of modern-day celeb-culture, in which &#8220;breaking news&#8221; is available at the touch of a button. Hecht&#8217;s merciless script is full of countless juicy moments, milked perfectly for laughs: a photographer (nonchalant George Chandler) pops up to drolly snap shots of Flagg at opportune moments:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Photographer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Photographer-1024x756.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Photographer-1024x756.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Photographer-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Photographer-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Photographer-768x567.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Photographer-366x270.png 366w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Photographer.png 1391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; a group of schoolchildren intone an anthem to doomed Flagg:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Kids-Singing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Kids-Singing-1024x757.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Kids-Singing-1024x757.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Kids-Singing-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Kids-Singing-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Kids-Singing-768x568.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Kids-Singing-365x270.png 365w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Kids-Singing.png 1387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; a bevy of beauties dressed as historical heroines are paraded on horses (watch closely when Jinx Falkenburg as &#8220;Katinka&#8221;, the girl who &#8220;stuck her finger in a dyke&#8221; &#8212; and thus saved Holland &#8212; is on stage). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Dyke-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Dyke-1-1024x777.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"486\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Dyke-1-1024x777.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Dyke-1-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Dyke-1-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Dyke-1-768x583.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Dyke-1-356x270.png 356w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Dyke-1.png 1383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NB: Walter Connelly deserves special mention in a typecast role which he nonetheless embraces wholeheartedly &#8212; that of &#8220;Oliver Stone&#8221;, ruthless editor of the <em>Morning Star<\/em> newspaper, who genuinely, sincerely finds it problematic to learn that Flagg isn&#8217;t really on death&#8217;s doorstep.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Connelly.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Connelly-1024x759.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Connelly-1024x759.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Connelly-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Connelly-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Connelly-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Connelly-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Connelly.png 1377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carole Lombard as Hazel Flagg (Peary nominates her as Best Actress of the year in his <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Lombard2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Lombard2-1024x752.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"470\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Lombard2-1024x752.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Lombard2-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Lombard2-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Lombard2-768x564.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Lombard2-368x270.png 368w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Lombard2.png 1387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine supporting performances throughout<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Connelly2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Connelly2-1024x760.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Connelly2-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Connelly2-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Connelly2-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Connelly2-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Connelly2-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Connelly2.png 1379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ben Hecht&#8217;s mercilessly skewering script<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Media.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Media-1024x755.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"472\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Media-1024x755.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Media-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Media-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Media-768x566.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Media-366x270.png 366w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nothing-Sacred-Media.png 1399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a classic screwball comedy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0029322\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.tvguide.com\/sacred\/review\/107846\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theblondeatthefilm.com\/2019\/04\/16\/nothing-sacred\/\">The Blonde at the Film Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/5725\/nothing-sacred#articles-reviews?articleId=18668\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/nothing-sacred-1\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You&#8217;ll be a sensation. The whole town&#8217;ll take you to its heart.&#8221; Synopsis: A journalist (Fredric March) exploits the story of a small-town woman (Carole Lombard) supposedly dying of radium poisoning, who hides her healthy status in order to enjoy her new-found fame in New York. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Carole Lombard Films Fredric March Films Journalists Media Spectacle Romantic Comedy William Wellman Films Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary accurately labels this &#8220;classic screwball comedy&#8221; &#8212; scripted by Ben&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15954\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15954"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69316,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15954\/revisions\/69316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}