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Hazel Flagg (Lombard), a young woman from the dull small town of Warsaw, Vermont, is suffering from a fatal case of radium poisoning. Wally Cook (March), a newspaper reporter who is deep in his editor's doghouse, goes to Warsaw to interview Hazel for a story. Just as he arrives there, Hazel finds out she is ''not'' dying (it turns out her doctor is well-meaning but incompetent. He'd seen so many cases of radium poisoning that he diagnosed her too hastily after finding she was anemic -- which is all that was really wrong with her). Not wanting to miss the free trip to New York that Wally's paper is offering her, Hazel keeps the secret of her perfect health to herself. She rapidly becomes the most talked-about person in town, while falling in love with Wally, and panicking at the thought of her secret being exposed.
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Hazel Flagg (Lombard), a young woman from the dull small town of Warsaw, Vermont, is suffering from a fatal case of radium poisoning. Wally Cook (March), a newspaper reporter who is deep in his editor's doghouse, goes to Warsaw to interview Hazel for a story. Just as he arrives there, Hazel finds out she is ''not'' dying (it dying. It turns out her doctor is well-meaning but incompetent. He'd seen so many cases of radium poisoning that he diagnosed her too hastily after finding she was anemic -- which is all that was really wrong with her).her. Not wanting to miss the free trip to New York that Wally's paper is offering her, Hazel keeps the secret of her perfect health to herself. She rapidly becomes the most talked-about person in town, while falling in love with Wally, and panicking at the thought of her secret being exposed.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* TerseTalker: In a RunningGag, everyone Wally meets in Warsaw is like this at first, especially when he tries asking them about Hazel (only Dr. Downer is exempt from this), as their responses consist of either, "Yep" or "Nope", though there is a reason for it (see TownWithADarkSecret below).
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* DaEditor: Wally's boss, who amusingly happens to be named Oliver Stone.
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* DaEditor: Wally's boss, who amusingly happens to be named Oliver Stone. Of course, [[Creator/OliverStone the director by that name]] wasn't even born yet when this film was made.
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* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: All the praise that Hazel receives just makes her feel guilty for being a fraud.
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* ToTheTuneOf: The song the children sing for Hazel is to the tune of, "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
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* FakingTheDead: On learning that it is going to be exposed that she does not have radium poison, Hazel decides that her best plan is to fake her suicide before that can happen. [[HilarityEnsues This does not run according to plan.]]
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* MockMillionaire: Wally is conned by a shoe-shine man who claims to be the Sultan of Mazapan.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: Wally Cook is blamed for reporting a Harlem bootblack Ernest Walker as an African nobleman hosting a charity event. His editor reassigns him to be writing obituaries on a tiny desk located in the file room.
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* IllGirl: Hazel is celebrated for being a particularly stoic one, which is easier when you're not actually dying. Although her supposed condition is radium poisoning, it might as well be VictorianNovelDisease.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** There is a FlippingTheBird joke, which is amazing to see in a film made during [[UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode censorship-heavy Hollywood]]: At the "heroines of history" show, the MC urges Katinka ("the Dutch girl who stuck her finger in the dike") to "show them the finger, babe", and she shows her bandaged but definitely upraised middle finger. (For the record, the bit about the "dike" is a case of HaveAGayOldTime.)
** It has been theorized (particularly by [=FilmStruck=]) that Hazel and Wally's fight in the bedroom is a euphemism for angry, SlapSlapKiss sex, considering the two of them were at rock-bottom at this point in the film and needed one last trick to try and keep up the rouse; so what better way to make Hazel look flushed, hot and bothered, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and moribund]]?
** There is a FlippingTheBird joke, which is amazing to see in a film made during [[UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode censorship-heavy Hollywood]]: At the "heroines of history" show, the MC urges Katinka ("the Dutch girl who stuck her finger in the dike") to "show them the finger, babe", and she shows her bandaged but definitely upraised middle finger. (For the record, the bit about the "dike" is a case of HaveAGayOldTime.)
** It has been theorized (particularly by [=FilmStruck=]) that Hazel and Wally's fight in the bedroom is a euphemism for angry, SlapSlapKiss sex, considering the two of them were at rock-bottom at this point in the film and needed one last trick to try and keep up the rouse; so what better way to make Hazel look flushed, hot and bothered, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and moribund]]?
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** ThereGettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is a FlippingTheBird joke, which is amazing to see in a film made during [[UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode censorship-heavy Hollywood]]: At the "heroines of history" show, the MC urges Katinka ("the Dutch girl who stuck her finger on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the dike") to "show them future, please check the finger, babe", and she shows her bandaged but definitely upraised middle finger. (For the record, the bit about the "dike" is a case of HaveAGayOldTime.)
** It has been theorized (particularly by [=FilmStruck=]) that Hazel and Wally's fight in the bedroom is a euphemism for angry, SlapSlapKiss sex, considering the two of them were at rock-bottom at this point in the film and needed one last trick to try and keep up the rouse; so what better waytrope page to make Hazel look flushed, hot and bothered, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and moribund]]?sure your example fits the current definition.
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Hazel Flagg (Lombard), a young woman from the dull small town of Warsaw, Vermont, is suffering from a fatal case of radium poisoning. Wally Cook (March), a newspaper reporter who is deep in his editor's doghouse, goes to Warsaw to interview Hazel for a story. Just as he arrives there, Hazel finds out she is ''not'' dying (it turns out her doctor is well-meaning but incompetent). Not wanting to miss the free trip to New York that Wally's paper is offering her, Hazel keeps the secret of her perfect health to herself. She rapidly becomes the most talked-about person in town, while falling in love with Wally, and panicking at the thought of her secret being exposed.
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Hazel Flagg (Lombard), a young woman from the dull small town of Warsaw, Vermont, is suffering from a fatal case of radium poisoning. Wally Cook (March), a newspaper reporter who is deep in his editor's doghouse, goes to Warsaw to interview Hazel for a story. Just as he arrives there, Hazel finds out she is ''not'' dying (it turns out her doctor is well-meaning but incompetent).incompetent. He'd seen so many cases of radium poisoning that he diagnosed her too hastily after finding she was anemic -- which is all that was really wrong with her). Not wanting to miss the free trip to New York that Wally's paper is offering her, Hazel keeps the secret of her perfect health to herself. She rapidly becomes the most talked-about person in town, while falling in love with Wally, and panicking at the thought of her secret being exposed.
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* GenderFlip: In-universe. One of the "heroines of history" is Katinka, "the Dutch girl who stuck her finger in the dike." The character was a boy in [[Literature/HansBrinkerOrTheSilverSkates the original fairy tale]].
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* GenderFlip: In-universe. One of the "heroines of history" is Katinka, "the Dutch girl who stuck her finger in the dike." The character was a boy in [[Literature/HansBrinkerOrTheSilverSkates the original fairy tale]].local legend, retold in ''Literature/HansBrinkerOrTheSilverSkates'' which is where most people know it from.
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** It has been theorized (particularly by [=FilmStuck=]) that Hazel and Wally's fight in the bedroom is a euphemism for angry, SlapSlapKiss sex, considering the two of them were at rock-bottom at this point in the film and needed one last trick to try and keep up the rouse; so what better way to make Hazel look flushed, hot and bothered, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and moribund]]?
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** It has been theorized (particularly by [=FilmStuck=]) [=FilmStruck=]) that Hazel and Wally's fight in the bedroom is a euphemism for angry, SlapSlapKiss sex, considering the two of them were at rock-bottom at this point in the film and needed one last trick to try and keep up the rouse; so what better way to make Hazel look flushed, hot and bothered, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and moribund]]?
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* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: At a fancy stage show where the performers are dressed as the "heroines of history," {{UsefulNotes/Pocahontas}} is represented with long braided hair, a stylized war bonnet, and (why not?) a tomahawk.
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* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: At a fancy stage show in Hazel's honor, where the performers are dressed as the "heroines of history," history", {{UsefulNotes/Pocahontas}} is represented with long braided hair, a stylized war bonnet, and (why not?) a tomahawk.
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* BlackComedy: Much hilarity is built around Hazel's would-be demise.
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''Nothing Sacred'' is one of the best of the screwball comedies of TheThirties. Interestingly, it was shot in Technicolor, which had been around for a while but was generally used as either a special effect or for big SceneryPorn spectacles. A small-scale film like ''Nothing Sacred'' being filmed entirely in color was unusual for the time. It was the only color film Lombard did before her untimely death in a plane crash in 1942.
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''Nothing Sacred'' is one of the best of the screwball comedies of TheThirties. Interestingly, it was shot in Technicolor, which had been around for a while but at that time was generally used as either as a limited special effect or for big SceneryPorn spectacles. A small-scale film like ''Nothing Sacred'' being filmed entirely in color was unusual for the time. It was the only color film Lombard did before her untimely death in a plane crash in 1942.
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''Nothing Sacred'' is one of the best of the screwball comedies of TheThirties. Interesting, it was shot in Technicolor. Technicolor had been around for a while but was generally used as either a special effect or for big SceneryPorn spectacles. A small-scale film like ''Nothing Sacred'' being filmed in color was unusual for the time. It was the only color film Lombard did before her untimely death in a plane crash in 1942.
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''Nothing Sacred'' is one of the best of the screwball comedies of TheThirties. Interesting, Interestingly, it was shot in Technicolor. Technicolor Technicolor, which had been around for a while but was generally used as either a special effect or for big SceneryPorn spectacles. A small-scale film like ''Nothing Sacred'' being filmed entirely in color was unusual for the time. It was the only color film Lombard did before her untimely death in a plane crash in 1942.
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''Nothing Sacred'' is a 1937 ScrewballComedy starring Creator/CaroleLombard and Creator/FredricMarch, directed by Creator/WilliamAWellman.
Lombard is Hazel Flagg, a young woman from the dull small town of Warsaw, Vermont, who is suffering from a fatal case of radium poisoning. Wally Cook (March), a newspaper reporter who is deep in his editor's doghouse, goes to Warsaw to interview Hazel for a story. Just as he arrives there, Hazel finds out she is ''not'' dying (it turns out her doctor is well-meaning but incompetent). Not wanting to miss the free trip to New York that Wally's paper is offering her, Hazel keeps the secret of her perfect health to herself. She rapidly becomes the most talked-about person in town, while falling in love with Wally, and panicking at the thought of her secret being exposed.
Lombard is Hazel Flagg, a young woman from the dull small town of Warsaw, Vermont, who is suffering from a fatal case of radium poisoning. Wally Cook (March), a newspaper reporter who is deep in his editor's doghouse, goes to Warsaw to interview Hazel for a story. Just as he arrives there, Hazel finds out she is ''not'' dying (it turns out her doctor is well-meaning but incompetent). Not wanting to miss the free trip to New York that Wally's paper is offering her, Hazel keeps the secret of her perfect health to herself. She rapidly becomes the most talked-about person in town, while falling in love with Wally, and panicking at the thought of her secret being exposed.
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''Nothing Sacred'' is a 1937 ScrewballComedy directed by Creator/WilliamAWellman, starring Creator/CaroleLombard and Creator/FredricMarch, directed by Creator/WilliamAWellman.Creator/FredricMarch.
Lombard is Hazel Flagg, Flagg (Lombard), a young woman from the dull small town of Warsaw, Vermont, who is suffering from a fatal case of radium poisoning. Wally Cook (March), a newspaper reporter who is deep in his editor's doghouse, goes to Warsaw to interview Hazel for a story. Just as he arrives there, Hazel finds out she is ''not'' dying (it turns out her doctor is well-meaning but incompetent). Not wanting to miss the free trip to New York that Wally's paper is offering her, Hazel keeps the secret of her perfect health to herself. She rapidly becomes the most talked-about person in town, while falling in love with Wally, and panicking at the thought of her secret being exposed.
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* ScreenToStageAdaptation: The story was adapted into the Broadway {{musical}} ''Hazel Flagg'' in 1953.
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* PlayingSick: The central premise, of course. Also, Hazel uses the thermometer trick to fake pneumonia.
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* PlayingSick: The central premise, of course. Also, Hazel uses the thermometer trick to try and fake pneumonia.
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* PlayingSick: The central premise, of course. Also, Hazel uses the thermometer trick to fake pneumonia.
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* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: When {{UsefulNotes/Pocahontas}} appears as one of the "heroines of history," she has long braided hair, a stylized war bonnet, and (why not?) a tomahawk.
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* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: When {{UsefulNotes/Pocahontas}} appears At a fancy stage show where the performers are dressed as one of the "heroines of history," she has {{UsefulNotes/Pocahontas}} is represented with long braided hair, a stylized war bonnet, and (why not?) a tomahawk.
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* GenderFlip: In-universe. As noted above, [[Literature/HansBrinkerOrTheSilverSkates the fairy tale about the Dutch boy who stuck his finger in the dike]] is referenced, but the boy is changed to a girl so that she can be one of the "heroines of history."
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* GenderFlip: In-universe. As noted above, One of the "heroines of history" is Katinka, "the Dutch girl who stuck her finger in the dike." The character was a boy in [[Literature/HansBrinkerOrTheSilverSkates the original fairy tale about the Dutch boy who stuck his finger in the dike]] is referenced, but the boy is changed to a girl so that she can be one of the "heroines of history."tale]].
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** There is a FlippingTheBird joke, which is amazing to see in a film made during [[UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode censorship-heavy Hollywood:]] Hazel is attending a fancy stage show where the performers are dressed like great women of history. One is Katinka, "the Dutch girl who stuck her finger in the dike." The MC urges the actress to "show them the finger, babe", and she shows her bandaged but definitely upraised middle finger. (The bit about the "dike" is probably [[DoubleEntendre another joke]].)
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** There is a FlippingTheBird joke, which is amazing to see in a film made during [[UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode censorship-heavy Hollywood:]] Hazel is attending a fancy stage show where Hollywood]]: At the performers are dressed like great women "heroines of history. One is Katinka, "the history" show, the MC urges Katinka ("the Dutch girl who stuck her finger in the dike." The MC urges the actress dike") to "show them the finger, babe", and she shows her bandaged but definitely upraised middle finger. (The (For the record, the bit about the "dike" is probably [[DoubleEntendre another joke]].a case of HaveAGayOldTime.)
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* {{Nepotism}}: While ranting that he hates ''The Morning Star'' because of a contest he lost, Dr. Downer mentions that the contest was won by the editor's wife, implying this trope was in effect.
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* FlippingTheBird: Used for a pretty amazing joke in 1937. Hazel is attending a fancy stage show where the performers are dressed like great women of history. One is Katinka, "the Dutch girl who stuck her finger in the dike." The MC urges the actress to "show them the finger, babe", and she shows her bandaged but definitely upraised middle finger. (The bit about the "dike" is probably [[DoubleEntendre another joke]].)
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** There is a FlippingTheBird joke, which is amazing to see in a film made during [[UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode censorship-heavy Hollywood:]] Hazel is attending a fancy stage show where the performers are dressed like great women of history. One is Katinka, "the Dutch girl who stuck her finger in the dike." The MC urges the actress to "show them the finger, babe", and she shows her bandaged but definitely upraised middle finger. (The bit about the "dike" is probably [[DoubleEntendre another joke]].)
** It has been theorized (particularly by [=FilmStuck=]) that Hazel and Wally's fight in the bedroom is a euphemism for angry, SlapSlapKiss sex, considering the two of them were at rock-bottom at this point in the film and needed one last trick to try and keep up the rouse; so what better way to make Hazel look flushed, hot and bothered, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and moribund]]?
** There is a FlippingTheBird joke, which is amazing to see in a film made during [[UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode censorship-heavy Hollywood:]] Hazel is attending a fancy stage show where the performers are dressed like great women of history. One is Katinka, "the Dutch girl who stuck her finger in the dike." The MC urges the actress to "show them the finger, babe", and she shows her bandaged but definitely upraised middle finger. (The bit about the "dike" is probably [[DoubleEntendre another joke]].)
** It has been theorized (particularly by [=FilmStuck=]) that Hazel and Wally's fight in the bedroom is a euphemism for angry, SlapSlapKiss sex, considering the two of them were at rock-bottom at this point in the film and needed one last trick to try and keep up the rouse; so what better way to make Hazel look flushed, hot and bothered, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and moribund]]?
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* IllGirl: Hazel is celebrated for being a particularly stoic one, which is easier when you're not actually dying. Although her supposed condition is radium poisoning, it might as well be VictorianNovelDisease.
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* CatchYourDeathOfCold: The characters assume that this is how one catches pneumonia. The movie doesn't portray them as being right, but doesn't portray them as being wrong either.
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** In the ''Living It Up'' remake, the fake patient is male and the reporter is female.
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** In the ''Living It Up'' remake, the fake patient radiation victim is male (played by Creator/JerryLewis) and the reporter is female.female (played by Creator/JanetLeigh).
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* TheRemake: Remade as ''Living It Up'', a musical starring [[Music/DeanMartin Martin]] and [[Creator/JerryLewis Lewis]].Creator/MartinAndLewis.