With this film, she and her Paramount bosses called the shots: black stars appeared in a few of her films after this one. The famous film, featuring West's first starring role
(West's next film, I'm No Angel, also played a part.).
The parents reach the nursery, the most expensive and sophisticated feature of the Happylife Home.Before their eyes, the blank walls of the nursery transform into a three-dimensional African veldt. and counterfeiting was confusing due to the Hays Office's demands
The reason why may not be too hard to explain, since, besides some well directed moments, the film was a box office smash. She Done Him Wrong Passed | 1h 6min | Comedy , Drama , History | 9 February 1933 (USA) In the Gay Nineties, a seductive nightclub singer contends with several suitors, including a jealous escaped convict and a handsome temperance league member. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. But there was also the inevitable backlash. The swagger.
She
She's also his kept woman.
other 1933 picture, I'm No Angel (1933),
and affectionately pats a child's head. It’s because West’s background is infinitely more interesting than She Done Him Wrong in practically every regard.
Thew, John Bright and Mae West herself. The Mae West film "She Done Him Wrong" was credited with helping to bring Paramount Pictures out of bankruptcy. As such, West is the only one worth watching here, which makes things worse since she takes ten minutes to even show up in the damn film. Celebrating Pre-Code Hollywood Cinema, 1930 – 1934, On morality and sex: “When women go wrong, men go right after them.”, On a lady’s reputation: “I am delighted. fortune...Aw, you can be had. You'll never have
Variety's "Bige" gave She Done Him Wrong a negative review stating that Paramount was attempting to rush Mae West to stardom by giving her her own film and top billing, and that the film was not very good without known actors and an entertaining story.[5]. From Marilyn Monroe to Anna Faris, Mae West is one of the first Hollywood starlets who took control of her public image and is known as a pop culture icon. bath is ready, Miss Lou." it. Gus gives counterfeit money to Rita and Sergei to spend.
It was directed by Lowell Sherman, and produced by William LeBaron.
indeed the World, the internal workings of the 'dream factory' that is
The movie takes place in the Bowery, in New York City. When introduced to Lady Lou, male admirer Serge kisses
If you want some really jarring, watered down Mae check out Belle of the Nineties.
as part of their corrupt racket as a prostitute on the "Barbary
What she does not know is that Gus trafficks in prostitution and runs a counterfeiting ring to help finance her expensive diamonds. Optional. West is Lady Lou, a bawdy singer who works in the Bowery saloon owned by Gus Jordan. cop (Cary Grant), and sings bawdy songs (including Frankie and
Unlike many Hollywood starlets, production companies were not hiring West to play specific roles in their films to bring in audiences, but West was writing scripts and creating characters to play roles she knew audiences would want to see (Evans, 108).
Lou's former boyfriend, Chick Clark (Owen Moore), is a vicious criminal who was convicted of robbery and sent to prison for trying to steal diamonds for her. And, for shits and giggles, we have a discreetly covered painting of West. The film is often credited with saving Paramount Studios from bankruptcy, and made Mae West the box-office sensation of 1933.
It was directed by Lowell Sherman, and produced by William LeBaron. Lou: So do I. There is a large nude
Charles Lang was responsible for the cinematography, while the costumes were designed by Edith Head. ...one of the finest women who ever walked the streets. ever want her after what she's done ("Who'd want me after what
West’s position in pop culture sits somewhere above the Betty Boop level and maybe two or three notches below Marilyn Monroe: she’s not an emblem of pure sex, but the desire and embrace of it. She later discovers that the financing for those diamonds comes …
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