Nothing Sacred (1937 William Wellman)

Selznick turns to comedy - Ben Hecht was one of the few writers he respected as being able to work without close supervision. This is a beautifully cynical tale in which Carole Lombard (then earning $465,000 a year!*) and her doctor Charles Winninger are as corrupt as the newspaper trying to exploit them. March displays terrific deadpan skills at outset, Lombard is intense and skittish, Walter Connolly good as newspaper editor.

W. Howard Greene's early Technicolor photography is lovely. With Sig Ruman, Monte Wolley (briefly), Hattie McDaniel (even more briefly), Margaret Hamilton, Maxie Rosenbloom, Troy Brown Sr (the 'sultan').

Loved it.

March, Connolly and Ben Hecht, who was paid $30,000 to write the script in four weeks

It's Sean Penn! 'Wild' Bill Wellman in publicity stunt dreamed up by far left Russell Birdwell.
Photos courtesy 'David O. Selnick's Hollywood'.

*Though admittedly paying 80% tax on that...