Mjeteconer
Just perfect...
Rosie Searle
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Ginger
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Martin Bradley
It was remade as a vehicle for Martin & Lewis and turned into a Broadway musical but William Wellman's original was a gold-plated joy from start to finish. I suppose you could call "Nothing Sacred" a satire on sensationalism in the newspaper business or maybe just one of the funniest movies ever made, (the writer was Ben Hecht working at the top of his game). It's the one about the girl dying of radium poisioning who then discovers she isn't but keeps the pretence up anyway, (yes, it's a comedy perhaps not in the best of taste), and it has great performances from Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger and Walter Connolly, magnificent as the gruff editor of the newspaper March works for. Indeed the only fault I can find with the film is the decision to shoot it in colour, however pretty it might look.
Antonius Block
It's nice to see Frederic March and Carole Lombard in color, especially since this was the only color film she ever made. The premise is pretty silly, that so much would be made out of this 'dying' woman in the press and all over New York that shows would be stopped in her presence, she would be given the key to the city, etc., but it's a screwball comedy, so you just have to roll with it. The film had its moments, such as the treatment March faces in Vermont, with its taciturn adults, and a child who scampers out from behind a fence to bite him on the leg. However, it's pretty uneven in terms of humor, with a lot of run of the mill content, and several groaners. You'll also have to forgive some racial stereotypes, and March working Lombard up into a fever by boxing with her, and then knocking her out in one of the film's big scenes. Those bits are in keeping with the time period and not too ugly though, and it was nice to see Lombard give as good as she got. The production value for the film was high, as despite the weakness of the early technicolor process, it had a nice score, and many fantastic shots around New York.My favorite moment in the film is when March proposes to Lombard, despite thinking she has only a few weeks to live. In a film with a lot of screwball moments and one-liners, it had this little gem:
"Oh Wally, I... I mustn't. Don't ask me. Please, just kiss me once more and let it go at that without ruining your life."
"So what the devil is there better to life than we've got? A handful of perfect hours. That's all the luckiest ever get out of it. Just a handful of hours to save and remember. And then... I'll be there at the end, sailor. I'll be there waving you goodbye. It'll be the same as if you and I had lived forever. And you'll... you'll grow old in my heart."
s-lajeunesse
Nothing Sacred is another screwball comedy that fits the bill with the rest of the films during that time. Carole Lombard, after playing Irene Bullock in the ultra successful My Man Godfrey film a year earlier, once again is brilliant as she plays Hazel Flaggs. The film is able to present comedy through excellent execution of the dialogue and creative script writing from the filmmakers. the movie is very well directed by William Wellman and is truly successful in getting humor out of the eccentric characters and the overall feel in the film. The acting in the movie is superb with each joke or line being delivered perfectly in order to make the film funny and light-hearted. Nothing Sacred combined terrific script writing with tremendous acting to become a classic movie from a time when movies were forced to follow the strict guidelines of the 1934 censorship code.
codymontanye
Nothing Sacred turned out to be a very hilarious comedy that isn't meant to be taken very seriously. It makes light of some various serious topics and does a great job with that without crossing the line. I found the acting to be very good and the combination of the two characters to be very entertaining because of how they interacted with each other. I also really liked that the movie started fast, it wasn't a slow start at all; it didn't over explain, but it also gave you enough information to jump in firmly. Overall, there's not too much to be said without someone watching the film, but I would highly recommend it if you're looking for a laugh.
