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Classic screwball comedy from director William Wellman and co-scripter Ben Hecht stars Fredric March as scheming New York tabloid newsman Wally Cook, who builds a story around small-town girl Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard) when she's misdiagnosed with radium poisoning, bringing the "dying" Hazel to the Big Apple for a publicity tour and trying to keep other reporters from learning the truth. With Walter Connolly, Charles Winninger, Margaret Hamilton. 77 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.