Is Merrily We Go to Hell sad?

Yes, very. More sad than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Merrily We Go to Hell end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Merrily We Go to Hell violent?

Not especially. Less violent than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Merrily We Go to Hell scary?

Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Merrily We Go to Hell easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Merrily We Go to Hell

Name: Merrily We Go to Hell
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1932
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Adrianne Allen, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, George Irving

In her innocence she expected days and nights of tender love. What she got was a Bitter Shock!

Directed by Dorothy Arzner

Produced by Paramount Pictures

193283 min6.5 / 10

A pre-Code romantic drama about an heiress's doomed attempt to save a talented but self-destructive alcoholic, exploring the collision between love and addiction with period sophistication and melancholy.

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.

Questions people ask

Is Merrily We Go to Hell sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.
Does Merrily We Go to Hell end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Merrily We Go to Hell violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Is Merrily We Go to Hell scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.
Is Merrily We Go to Hell easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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