a small town girl hazel flagg ( carole lombard ) have become deadly ill of radium poisoning . or that what she think until her doctor and enoch downer ( charles winninger ) notice he have give a wrong diagnosis . a reporter call wallace cook ( fredric march ) start write about the doomed woman and want to take her to new york with him . she doesn not want to go spoil it all by tell the truth but instead pack her bag and her doctor and it off to new york . some fall in love happens along the way . david o. selznick a the producer and william a. wellman a the director . james h. street behind the story and ben hecht behind the screenplay . oscar levant behind the original music nothing sacred ( 1937 ) be a fine example of a good old time comedy . this be very screwball . the lovely carole lombard shine in the lead . in real life she die way too early but she do make herself a screen legend during her time on earth . fredric march make a great male lead opposite carole . just watch their funny fist fight in the movie . and this be a romantic comedy . charles winninger be hilarious a the boozing doctor . walter connolly be brilliant play the editor name oliver stone . jerry lewis and dean martin star the remake of the movie in 1954. the title that time be live it up and it be also awfully funny . 70 year hasn not do any harm to this movie . it more like a fine wine and get well with age . not that i be an expert of wine .