Nothing Sacred (film)

Nothing Sacred
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	William A. Wellman
Written by	Ben Hecht (screenplay) with uncredited contributions from: Budd Schulberg Ring Lardner Jr. Dorothy Parker Sidney Howard Moss Hart George S. Kaufman Robert Carson
Based on	"Letter to the Editor" 1937 short story Cosmopolitan by James H. Street
Produced by	David O. Selznick
Starring	Carole Lombard Fredric March Charles Winninger Walter Connolly
Cinematography	W. Howard Greene
Edited by	James E. Newcom
Music by	Oscar Levant
Production company	Selznick International
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	November 25, 1937 (1937-11-25)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.3 million[1]
Box office	$2 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[2]

Nothing Sacred is a 1937 American Technicolor screwball comedy film directed by William A. Wellman, produced by David O. Selznick, and starring Carole Lombard and Fredric March with a supporting cast featuring Charles Winninger and Walter Connolly. Ben Hecht was credited with the screenplay based on the 1937 story "Letter to the Editor" by James H. Street, and an array of additional writers, including Ring Lardner Jr., Budd Schulberg, Dorothy Parker, Sidney Howard, Moss Hart, George S. Kaufman and Robert Carson made uncredited contributions.

The lush, Gershwinesque music score was by Oscar Levant, with additional music by Alfred Newman and Max Steiner and a swing number by Raymond Scott's Quintette. The film was shot in Technicolor by W. Howard Greene and edited by James E. Newcom, and was a Selznick International Pictures production distributed by United Artists. The film's opening credits feature distinctive caricatures of the leading actors, as 3d-figurines, and creative artists, as 2d-cartoons, by Sam Berman.^[3]

This was Lombard's only feature-length Technicolor film. She stated that this film was one of her personal favorites.