‘Nothing Sacred’: A Comedy Full of Scams

It’s Carole Lombard all the way in this funny and engaging scam that doesn’t quite work out as planned.
‘Nothing Sacred’: A Comedy Full of Scams
Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard) feigns illness to Wally Cook (Fredric March), in the hilarious screwball comedy “Nothing Sacred.” Selznick International Pictures
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NR | 1h 17min | Drama, Comedy | 1937

Perhaps you have heard of someone reading a heartwarming news story, then donating generously to what they believe is a noble cause? All’s well until it turns out to be a scam. Sure, only some charlatans get caught. But after the fuss settles, don’t at least a few readers go right back to scanning the headlines, as willing to believe in the next scam as they were the previous one?
Rudolph Lambert Fernandez
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Rudolph Lambert Fernandez is an independent writer who writes on pop culture.