Merrily We Go to Hell

1932 · 83 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 2,119 VOTES · DIR. Dorothy Arzner

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,131 lines

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00:01:47 Silly people.
00:05:31 I'm a little disappointed.
00:07:58 Go on, get out of here.
00:11:43 Yeah. Yes, have we met before?
00:15:36 Don't tell me you're a woman-hater.
00:18:31 have I a right to take a swell girl and make her my wife?
00:21:16 Wait a minute.
00:24:35 Sure, dear. I'll be right out. All right.
00:27:14 then I want it for you, of course.
00:30:40 And your mother thought you'd be president.
00:35:31 Almost got me.
00:38:56 You've had more experience.
00:42:17 Jerry, it would be nice to think
00:44:42 I didn't think you knew that you had.
00:47:22 Come on. Come on.
00:52:31 I love Jerry, love him, do you hear?
00:57:21 I was going to her.
01:01:00 I just made a luncheon date with your modern friend, Charlie Baxter.
01:04:33 Happy? I never want to stop.
01:08:02 You know, it's an old American custom.
01:10:58 I mean you.
01:13:15 that I don't want ever to see you again.
01:17:05 Didn't read my column this morning, did you?
50:00:00 means to you.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,131
Dialogue density13.6 lines / min
First line00:01:47
Final line50:00:00

Production Record

DirectorDorothy Arzner
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,119