She Done Him Wrong (1933)
- Starring:
- Mae West, Cary Grant, (more)
- Director(s):
- Lowell Sherman
- Category:
- Comedy
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"I'm the finest woman who walked the streets," declares bejeweled, hip-swishing Lady Lou (Mae West) at the beginning of She Done Him Wrong. Lou works as a singer at the Gay Nineties saloon of Gus Jordan (Noah Beery Sr.), who plies her with diamonds to keep her by his side. She runs afoul of stalwart mission captain Cummings (Cary Grant), who warns her that she's on the road to perdition. Mae West's first starring film, She Done Him Wrong literally saved Paramount Pictures from bankruptcy. It would remain the best of her feature films, most of which were severely watered down by the Production Code (whose renewed stringency of 1933 was brought about in great part by West herself). She Done Him Wrong was based on West's own stage play, Diamond Lil, which ran on Broadway for 97 weeks. West sings "Frankie and Johnny," "I Like a Man Who Takes His Time," and ""I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone."" ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 65 mins
Complete Cast:
- Mae West - Lady Lou
- Owen Moore - Chick Clark
- Rafaela Ottiano - Russian Rita
- Noah Beery, Sr. - Gus Jordan
- Tammany Young - Chuck Connors
- Grace La Rue - Frances
- Ernie S. Adams - Man in Audience
- Mike Donlin - Tout
- Harry Wallace - Steak McGarry
- Jack Carr - Patron
- James C. Eagles - Pete
- Al Hill - Barfly
- Mary Gordon - Cleaning Lady
- Rochelle Hudson - Sally Glynn
- Arthur Houseman - Bar Fly
- Cary Grant - Capt. Cummings
- Gilbert Roland - Serge Stanieff
- David Landau - Dan Flynn
- Fuzzy Knight - Rag-time Kelly
- Dewey Robinson - Spider Kane
- Tom Kennedy - Big Bill
- Tom McGuire - Mike
- Charles "Heinie" Conklin - Street Cleaner
- Wade Boteler - Pal
- Louise Beavers - Pearl
- Frank Moran - Framed Convict
- Aggie Herring - Mrs. Flaherty
- Michael Mark - Janitor
- Robert E. Homans - Officer Doheney
- Lee Kohlmar - Jacobson
- Director(s):
- Lowell Sherman
- Writer(s):
- Mae West, Harvey Thew, John Bright
- Producer(s):
- William Le Baron
- Categories:
- Comedy
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- 1933 - She Done Him Wrong - Film Daily - 10 Best Films
- 1996 - She Done Him Wrong - Library of Congress - U.S. National Film Registry
