Merrily We Go to Hell is a 1932 pre-Code film directed by Dorothy Arzner, and starring Fredric March and Sylvia Sidney.

[6] Jerry Corbett, a Chicago reporter and self-styled playwright, meets heiress Joan Prentice at a party and they begin dating.

He manages to sell a play and the couple travels to New York to watch the production.

In turn, Joan and her date toast to the "holy state of matrimony–single lives, twin beds and triple bromides in the morning."

After he is unable to write a successful follow-up play, Jerry eventually realizes that he loves Joan, and regrets his behavior.

[7] Jessie Burns of Script criticised the casting of Fredric March in the film, finding him to be unconvincing, though thought that Adrianne Allen showed her "star" quality in her portrayal of an otherwise "artificial" character.