MORE ABOUT THE MOVIE: Classic 1937 screwball comedy from director William Wellman and co-scripter Ben Hecht stars Fredric March as a scheming New York tabloid newsman who builds a story around small-town girl Carole Lombard when she's misdiagnosed with radium poisoning, bringing the "dying" Lombard to the Big Apple for a publicity tour and trying to keep other reporters from learning the truth. The movie also stars Walter Connolly, Charles Winninger, Margaret Hamilton.