Merrily We Go To Hell (1932)
alcoholism theme, mild sex references
Director(s)Dorothy Arzner
Production year1932
Genre(s)Romance, Drama, Comedy
Approx. running minutes83m
CastAdrianne Allen, Fredric March, Sylvia Sidney
Merrily We Go To Hell (1932)
alcoholism theme, mild sex references
MERRILY WE GO TO HELL is a 1932 black-and-white romantic comedy drama in which a young heiress marries an alcoholic writ ...
MERRILY WE GO TO HELL is a 1932 black-and-white romantic comedy drama in which a young heiress marries an alcoholic writer.
sex
A woman is upset by her husband’s adultery but reluctantly decides they will have a ‘modern marriage’ wherein they both have affairs. These affairs occur mostly off screen, but in one scene we see the husband publicly kissing another woman.
theme
A man with an alcohol addiction is frequently shown drinking to excess, contributing to the breakdown of his marriage.
additional issues
A white man complains of being overworked by putting on an accent and calling himself ‘poor old Uncle Tom’. There are non-graphic references to the off-screen death of a new-born baby, and a discreet implied reference to suicide. A drunk man at a party holds a struggling woman and tries to kiss her, but she quickly manages to push him away. One man punches another, without causing visible injury.
alcoholism theme, mild sex references
Classified Date:
04/06/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
sex
A woman is upset by her husband’s adultery but reluctantly decides they will have a ‘modern marriage’ wherein they both have affairs. These affairs occur mostly off screen, but in one scene we see the husband publicly kissing another woman.
theme
A man with an alcohol addiction is frequently shown drinking to excess, contributing to the breakdown of his marriage.
Classified Date:
04/06/2021
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Classified Date:
04/06/2021
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Classified date04/00/2021
LanguageEnglish
sex
A woman is upset by her husband’s adultery but reluctantly decides they will have a ‘modern marriage’ wherein they both have affairs. These affairs occur mostly off screen, but in one scene we see the husband publicly kissing another woman.
theme
A man with an alcohol addiction is frequently shown drinking to excess, contributing to the breakdown of his marriage.
additional issues
A white man complains of being overworked by putting on an accent and calling himself ‘poor old Uncle Tom’. There are non-graphic references to the off-screen death of a new-born baby, and a discreet implied reference to suicide. A drunk man at a party holds a struggling woman and tries to kiss her, but she quickly manages to push him away. One man punches another, without causing visible injury.
Director(s)Dorothy Arzner
Production year1932
Genre(s)Romance, Drama, Comedy
Approx. running minutes83m
CastAdrianne Allen, Fredric March, Sylvia Sidney
alcoholism theme, mild sex references
Classified Date:
04/06/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
sex
A woman is upset by her husband’s adultery but reluctantly decides they will have a ‘modern marriage’ wherein they both have affairs. These affairs occur mostly off screen, but in one scene we see the husband publicly kissing another woman.
theme
A man with an alcohol addiction is frequently shown drinking to excess, contributing to the breakdown of his marriage.
Classified Date:
04/06/2021
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Classified Date:
04/06/2021
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Classified date04/00/2021
LanguageEnglish
