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She Done Him Wrong (1933)
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9 February 1933 (USA)
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New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. Unfortunately...
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 1 win
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Classic Early-Talkie Comedy Deserves Its Classic Status
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Mae West | ... | Lady Lou | |
| Cary Grant | ... | Capt. Cummings | |
| Owen Moore | ... | Chick Clark | |
| Gilbert Roland | ... | Serge Stanieff | |
| Noah Beery | ... | Gus Jordan | |
| David Landau | ... | Dan Flynn | |
| Rafaela Ottiano | ... | Russian Rita | |
| Dewey Robinson | ... | Spider Kane | |
| Rochelle Hudson | ... | Sally | |
| Tammany Young | ... | Chuck Connors | |
| Fuzzy Knight | ... | Ragtime Kelly | |
| Grace La Rue | ... | Frances Kelly | |
| Robert Homans | ... | Doheney | |
| Louise Beavers | ... | Pearl (Lou's maid) |
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Diamond Lady (USA) (working title)
Diamond Lil (USA) (working title)
Diamonds (USA) (working title)
Ruby Red (USA) (working title)
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Diamond Lil (USA) (working title)
Diamonds (USA) (working title)
Ruby Red (USA) (working title)
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66 min
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
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At 66 minutes, this is the shortest movie to ever receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
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Continuity: Lou's hands are at her side when she starts the "Frankie and Johnny" song, but on her hips in the next cut when seen from behind.
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Featured in "The Girls Next Door: Calendar Girls (#3.5)" (2007)
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Pop Goes the Weasel
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One of the seeming paradoxes of film-making is that historical period pieces age much better than movies set in the present or the future. That certainly is true of this classic comedy. Co-written by its star as a play called "Diamond Lil" about a turn-of-the-century chanteuse with no shame and her own standards of personal morals, She Done Him Wrong seamlessly blends the backdrop of turn-of-the-century New York politics with fast wisecracking patter and plot-lines that blend seamlessly. To me, it packs twice the action and four times the wit of one of today's comedies into about half the screen time.
This was Mae West's second movie, and it established her as an immediate star. Although not pretty even by the standards of the day and much less so by today's standards, she commands every man's attention by her very presence. Cary Grant flashes star quality in each of his scenes as the ideal foil to West. Filled with clever double entendres and disarmingly bawdy situations, She Done Him Wrong is every thing a period comedy should aspire to be, and more. The title is a role reversal on the refrain from "Frankie and Johnnie", the turn-of-the-century ditty West sings to begin the movie's climactic wrap-up.
Any movie lover willing to value this classic by the standards of the day is in for a treat.