Merrily We Go To Hell

In England, the bluenoses decided that the title would never do, so it had to be amended to MERRILY WE GO TO. . . That decision is almost, but not quite, as inane as the movie. Everyone drank and smoked in the movies of the early 1930s and this is a prime example. March is a mostly tipsy newpaperman with aspirations as a playwright who is on the verge of having a play produced. He is about to attend his own engagement party, but goes out on a toot and leaves his fiancee, Sidney, fuming. She's a wealthy heiress and very concerned about status. Gallagher, a friend of March's, has been assigned to keep an eye on the newsman but doesn't live up to his promise. March's ...