Addiction drives the action in this pair of classic films released in the 1930s before Hollywood's strict "Production Code" was put into place, banning certain taboo topics. In The Cheat, a woman's (Tallulah Bankhead) gambling has driven her to desperate means -- and into the arms of a wealthy businessman. In Merrily We Go to Hell, Fredric March is an alcoholic whose abusive behavior forces his wife (Sylvia Sidney) to make a desperate choice.