From Hell to Heaven

{{short description|1933 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = From Hell to Heaven | image =From-hell-to-heaven-movie-poster-md.jpg | caption = | director = [[Erle C. Kenton]] | producer = | writer = [[Percy Heath (writer)|Percy Heath]] [[Sidney Buchman]] [[Lawrence Hazard]] (play) | narrator = | starring = [[Carole Lombard]] [[Jack Oakie]] [[Adrienne Ames]] [[Sidney Blackmer]] | music = | cinematography = [[Henry Sharp (cinematographer)|Henry Sharp]] | editing = | studio = [[Paramount Pictures]] | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1933|02|24}} | runtime = 70 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''From Hell to Heaven''''' is a 1933 American [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] drama film. It was directed by [[Erle C. Kenton]], and features an ensemble cast including [[Carole Lombard]], [[Jack Oakie]], [[Adrienne Ames]] and [[Sidney Blackmer]]. It was adapted from the stage play by [[Lawrence Hazard]].

==Plot== A group of people from several walks of life gather to watch a horse race.

==Cast== * [[Carole Lombard]] as Colly Tanner * [[Jack Oakie]] as Charlie Bayne * [[Adrienne Ames]] as Joan Burt * [[David Manners]] as Wesley Burt * [[Sidney Blackmer]] as Cliff Billings * [[Verna Hillie]] as Sonnie Lockwood * James Eagles as Tommy Tucker * [[Shirley Grey]] as Winnie Lloyd * [[Bradley Page]] as Jack Ruby * [[Walter Walker (actor)|Walter Walker]] as Pop Lockwood * [[Berton Churchill]] as Toledo Jones * [[Cecil Cunningham]] as Mrs. Chadman * [[Nydia Westman]] as Sue Wells

==Production and reception== ''From Hell to Heaven'' was [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]'s effort to replicate the success of ''[[Grand Hotel (1932 film)|Grand Hotel]]'' (1932), which had won the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] for [[MGM]] the year before.<ref>{{cite book|author=Swindell, Larry|title=Screwball: The Life of Carole Lombard|year=1975|location=New York|publisher=William Morrow & Company|isbn=978-0688002879|page=127}}</ref> Reviews were favorable; [[Mordaunt Hall]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "It is not as ambitious a picture as ''Grand Hotel'', but it is interesting."<ref>{{cite book|author=Ott, Frederick W.|title=The Films of Carole Lombard|year=1972|location=Secaucus, New Jersey|publisher=Citadel Press|isbn=978-0806502786|page=105}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0024041}} *{{TCMDb title|75737}}

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