Title: She Done Him Wrong
Runtime: 65 Min
Year: 1933
Genres: Comedy - Drama - History - Musical - Romance
Cast: Mae West, Cary Grant, Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery, Sr., David Landau, Rafaela Ottiano, Dewey Robinson, Rochelle Hudson, Tammany Young, Fuzzy Knight, Grace La Rue, Robert Homans, Louise Beavers
Directed By: Lowell Sherman
PLOT
Lady Lou (West) is a wildly popular saloon singer on New York’s wild Bowery scene, dripping with diamonds bestowed on her by her conquests, including the owner of the saloon, Gus (Noah Beery). Unbeknownst to Lou, Gus is involved in an unsavory business - something ugly to do with very naughty pictures of helpless young women.
Meanwhile, sultry, salty Lou is juggling admirers. She’s got a jealous boyfriend in the slammer upstate, who won’t be happy when he finds out she’s hooked up with Gus. She’s got a little flirtation going on with the gigolo who belongs to Gus’ partner in crime, Russian Rita. And she pretends to be receptive to the advances of up-and-coming gangster Dan Flynn, who’s about to give Gus up to the police. At the same time, Lou is actually falling for the stalwart young Cary Grant, who’s running the mission next door to the saloon.
Things really get going when the boyfriend escapes from prison, Rita discovers Lou with her boy toy, and the police come into the picture. With all this going on, Lou still find time to wear a series of form-fitting gowns, and sings a couple of racy numbers with highly suggestive lyrics, including "Frankie and Johnny" and "Easy Rider".
Country: U.S.A.
Language: English
Writers: (by) Mae West - (screenplay) Harvey F. Thew (as Harvey Thew) & John Bright
Awards:
1934- Academy Awards, USA (Oscar)
-Best Picture (paramount)(NOMINATED)
1933- National Board of Review, USA (NBR Award)
-Top Ten Films (WON)
1996- National Film Preservation Board, USA (National Film Registry)
- (WON)
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