Merrily We Go to Hell Page #2

Synopsis: Nere-do-well Jerry Corbett finally meets and marries the right girl, Joan Prentiss. Unfortunately their wedded bliss is interrupted when Jerry's play becomes a hit and he hooks up with the wrong woman from his past. Joan decides that turn-about is fair play and she picks another man to escort her around to various parties around New York. Eventually Jerry quits drinking and sends his girlfriend packing, just in time for Joan to take him back.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Dorothy Arzner
Production: Paramount Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.8
Year:
1932
78 min
144 Views


I never wait more than

five minutes for anyone.

If you step inside

I'll tell Joan you're here.

Thank you.

If you'll wait

in there, please.

Thank you.

Hello.

Wait a minute.

Don't tell me you

walk on this floor.

Sometimes it turns into a roller

coaster right beneath your feet.

Perhaps we'd

better sit down.

Thank you.

Father tells me

he met you at the door.

Yes.

Do you know, I think your

father's in love with me.

Why?

Because he seemed

upset when he saw me,

and it's always love

that upsets a man, you know.

Some of the biggest

and littlest men in history

have been upset by love.

I was one of the big men, of

course, when it happened to me.

By the way,

am I a little late?

A little.

I'd like to have had you here for the

party, but it really doesn't matter.

I think you're swell.

I'm beginning

to think you do.

You told me

that last night.

Well, just to prove

that I still think so,

would you like to take a little drive

with me and have dinner somewhere?

I'd love to.

Perhaps I ought to explain that my

car is yellow and has a meter on it.

I have a car.

Well, I didn't

mean that we...

I did. Let's go now.

I guess I didn't know

you walked on these floors

because most of the floors

I know have sawdust on them.

A gentleman wouldn't advertise

he was kissing a lady.

I was advertising the

finest of Prentice products.

That reminds me, it's high time

I bought you something to eat.

I'm not hungry.

Neither am I.

Do you always

make love to girls

when you take

them for a drive?

I don't often take

them for a drive.

I'm afraid, as a rule,

I prefer the company of men,

particularly if

they're bartenders.

You see, I figured out

a long time ago

that a punch in the nose heals

much quicker than a broken heart.

Don't tell me

you're a woman-hater.

Not at all. I just don't

think about them very much.

You thought about one once.

I mean, you said something

before we left the house

about having once

been upset by a woman.

Now, how can

one so young have

the memory of a

200-year-old elephant?

I just happen to remember.

Matter of fact, I was

upset by a woman once.

When?

A couple of years ago.

What was her name?

Claire. Claire Hempstead.

Whatever became of her?

She's on the stage.

She's been just as successful

there as she was with me.

Have you any

pictures of her?

Yeah, I got an old

one hanging in my room.

Do you ever look at it?

Once every blue moon.

Say, what is this,

anyway, an inquisition?

No, I guess

I'm a little jealous.

Well, don't be.

I don't blame Claire

'cause any girl would be a

fool to marry a man like me.

Oh, I don't know.

Joan, if I haven't said so

before, I want to tell you now.

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Edwin Justus Mayer

Edwin Justus Mayer (November 8, 1896 – September 11, 1960) was an American screenwriter. He wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for 47 films between 1927 and 1958. Edwin Justus Mayer worked on many screenplays but he is remembered now for his work with Ernst Lubitsch. He worked with Lubitsch on the scripts for To Be or Not to Be (1942) and A Royal Scandal (1945). A Royal Scandal (1945) did poorly at the box office, but is considered by many as one of Lubitsch's finest films. more…

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