Merrily We Go to Hell

In Chicago, tin-can heiress Joan Prentice and newspaper columnist/aspiring playwright Jerry Corbett meet at a society party and have an immediate connection, despite Jerry being drunk at the time; and despite Jerry having disappointed Joan more than once in their courtship, with excessive alcohol consumption more often than not being the cause, those disappointments which makes her father believe that he may just be after her money, they end up getting married, for Joan knows that it is love. As their marriage progresses, the happy times are punctuated by further disappointments on both sides. But the biggest issue in their married life is the return of actress Claire Hempstead, Jerry's girlfriend before Joan, who broke Jerry's heart. The destructive combination of Claire and alcohol in Jerry's life, those two associated items could prove to be too difficult an obstacle for Joan to overcome for their marriage to survive despite her love for him.