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Title:

Merrily we go to Hell / Paramount ; screenplay by Edwin Justus Mayer ; directed by Dorothy Arzner.

Edition:

DVD special edition ; DVD edition.

Publisher:

The Criterion Collection,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Adultery--Drama.
Alcoholics--Drama.
Feature films.
Romance films.
Comedy films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Arzner, Dorothy, 1900-1979, film director.
Mayer, Edwin Justus, 1896-1960, screenwriter.
Sidney, Sylvia, 1910-1999, actor.
March, Fredric, 1897-1975, actor.
Allen, Adrianne, 1907-1993, actor.
Beauchamp, Cari, on-screen presenter.
Film adaptation of (work): Lucas, Cleo. I Jerry take thee, Joan.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Other Titles:

Container of (work) : Dorothy Arzner, longing for women (Motion picture).

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1932. Based on the play "I Jerry take thee, Joan" by Cleo Lucas. Full screen (1.37:1). Special features: Dorothy Arzner: Longing for women, a 1983 documentary by Katja Raganelli and Konrad Wickler; new video essay by Cari Beauchamp. Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Adrianne Allen.

Summary:

Reporter Jerry Corbett aspires to be a playwright but finds himself drinking more than writing. Everyone is stunned when heiress Joan Prentice agrees to marry him, though it initially appears that he has changed his ways. However, when his work takes the couple to New York, Jerry's bad behavior and a persistent old flame lead them to an explosive experiment with open marriage.

Series:

Criterion collection ; 1076.

ISBN:

1681438321
9781681438320

UPC:

715515258715

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)