Nothing Sacred Page #2

Synopsis: Hazel Flagg of Warsaw, Vermont receives the news that her terminal case of radium poisoning from a workplace incident was a complete misdiagnosis with mixed emotions. She is happy not to be dying, but she, who has never traveled the world, was going to use the money paid to her by her factory to go to New York in style. She believes her dreams can still be realized when Wally Cook arrives in town. He is a New York reporter with the Morning Star newspaper. He believes that Hazel's valiant struggle concerning her impending death is just the type of story he needs to resurrect his name within reporting circles after a recent story he wrote led to scandal and a major demotion at the newspaper. He proposes to take Hazel to New York both to report on her story but also to provide her with a grand farewell to life. She accepts. Wally's story results in Hazel becoming the toast of New York. In spending time together, Wally and Hazel fall in love. Hazel not only has to figure out what to do abo
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): William A. Wellman
Production: eRealBiz
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
APPROVED
Year:
1937
77 min
406 Views


New Yorkers snoopin' around.

- OK, sister. And how much do I owe you?

- Well, you've tooken up my time...

Thank you very much. I'm sorry that

I've tooken up so much of your time.

Sorry.

- Oh. Good morning.

Is Dr. Downer in?

- Yep.

- Is that his office?

- Yep.

Would you tell him Mr. Cook

would like to see him?

Tell him yourself.

- Dr. Downer?

- Yep!

My name's Cook. I'm up

here from New York.

Sit down. I'll be

with you in a minute.

- Nice day... Yep.

- Yep.

- What have you got, young man?

Hives?

No. No hives.

Lotta hives goin' around. Mrs. George

Nasher was took yesterday. Do you know her?

Nope.

- Where did you say you were from?

- New York.

I was wondering if you you could tell

me where I could find Hazel Flagg.

- From New York, eh?

- Yep.

You know what I

think, young fella?

I think you're a newspaperman.

I can smell 'em.

I've always been able to smell 'em.

Excuse me while I open the windows.

I'll tell you briefly what

I think of newspapermen.

The hand of God reaching

down into the mire

Couldn't elevate one of them

to the depths of degradation.

Not by a million miles.

I think you're being a little

severe toward my profession.

- Not much, but just a little.

- Nothing of the sort.

I'm a fair-minded man, young fella, but

when you've been robbed, swindled, cheated

for 22 years out of a fortune, it's

pardonable to formulate an opinion!

- From New York, eh?

- Yep.

You don't happen to know of a

newspaper called the Morning Star?

You have the honor, Dr. Downer,

of addressing that newspaper's

most gifted representative.

Moses in the mountains!

You're from the Morning Star?

Stay right where you are.

Don't move!

I'll show you something

that'll freeze ya!

Listen, doctor. I'm getting

sick of this taffy pull.

Where can I get hold

of Hazel Flagg?

Don't talk to me about Hazel Flagg!

No, siree!

Here's the evidence.

I appeal to you as a man of learning, Dr.

Downer. What is Miss Flagg's address?

Don't waste my time, young fella.

Here, read that.

That's a copy of an essay I wrote.

Read it. Go on.

Tit for tat.

Give me her address, and I'll pore over

these interesting documents all night.

I entered this contest with

a clean pair of hands.

Who are the six greatest Americans?

I named them and proved why,

writing on one side of the paper.

And what happened? Did I

win the $10,000? No, siree.

Did I win the 5,000? Did they

even try to save their face

by giving me one of the

smaller $1,000 prizes?

Not that gang of chicken thieves!

Here's what they gave me, read it.

A check for $1.

- Young fella, for 22 years...

- I must ask you to be reasonable.

- You can't harbor a grudge for 22 years.

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Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht (1894–1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write thirty-five books and some of the most entertaining screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films. more…

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