I'm No Angel (1933)

Director:

Wesley Ruggles

Writers:

Mae West (story)
Mae West (screenplay)

Release Date:

6 October 1933 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

"Come up and see me sometime - any time!"

Plot:

The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she...

Plot Keywords:

Fortune Teller | Circus | Lion Tamer | Socialite | Thief

Cast

Mae West	...	Tira
Cary Grant	...	Jack Clayton
Gregory Ratoff	...	Benny Pinkowitz
Edward Arnold	...	Big Bill Barton
Ralf Harolde	...	Slick Wiley
Kent Taylor	...	Kirk Lawrence
Gertrude Michael	...	Alicia Hatton
Russell Hopton	...	'Flea' Madigan
Dorothy Peterson	...	Thelma
William B. Davidson	...	Ernest Brown (as Wm. B. Davidson)
Gertrude Howard	...	Beulah Thorndyke
Libby Taylor	...	Libby (Tira's hairdressing maid)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Certification:

UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (re-rating) (2005) | USA:Not Rated (video rating) | USA:Passed (original rating)

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

When Rajah the Fortune Teller gives Tira (Mae West) her horoscope, he gives her birthday as August 17, which is West's actual birthday.

Quotes:

Jack Clayton: Oh I'm crazy about you.
Tira: I did my best to make you that way.
Jack Clayton: Look darling, you need a rest, and so do I. Let me take you away somewhere, we'll...
Tira: Would you call that a rest?
Jack Clayton: What are you thinking about?
Tira: Same thing you are.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)

Soundtrack:

I Found a New Way to Go to Town

Irresistible fun from fabulous Mae!

This is such an enjoyable film! The carnival scenes at the beginning are staged with a great sense of realism. Mae plays the part of 'Tira' with great gusto from the moment the film opens. She is a sensation as a carnival dancer and when she first sashays into view you know the crowd have never seen anything like her. Soon she's a lady lion tamer and meeting society swells thus enabling her to move up in the world, though in those rather un-PC times that means having three black maids instead of only one! She's looking slim and glamorous and wears some sensational gowns, especially her 'bridal' gown and her 'cobweb' gown. There are also some horrors: the 'polka dot' outfit and a gown with a vertical stripe and a tiny fur collar which when turned up makes her look like a pinhead. There are dozens of memorable lines in this film and those film critics that swear she never actually said "Come up and see me sometime" should watch the after trial telephone scene with Juror 'Number four' because there it is, ringing out loud and clear. This is a gem of a movie and, together with 'She Done Him Wrong' and 'Belle Of The Nineties', represent Mae's finest hour.