Goin' to Town (1935)

Director:

Alexander Hall

Writers:

Marion Morgan (story) and
George B. Dowell (story) ...

Release Date:

25 April 1935 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

Former dance hall queen Cleo Borden, newly rich, falls for and pursues an upper-crust Englishman.

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mae West	...	Cleo Borden
Paul Cavanagh	...	Edward Carrington
Gilbert Emery	...	Winslow
Marjorie Gateson	...	Mrs. Crane Brittony
Tito Coral	...	Taho
Ivan Lebedeff	...	Ivan Valadov
Fred Kohler	...	Buck Gonzales
Monroe Owsley	...	Fletcher Colton
Grant Withers	...	Young Stud
Luis Alberni	...	Sr. Vitola
Lucio Villegas	...	Señor Ricardo Lopez
Mona Rico	...	Dolores Lopez
Wade Boteler	...	Ranch foreman
Paul Harvey	...	Donovan
Joe Frye	...	Laughing Eagle (jockey)

Also Known As:

How Am I Doin'? (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Company:

Emanuel Cohen Productions

Trivia:

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: After Colton loses all his money and more at a Buenos Aires casino, he goes outside to the garden to shoot himself. He crushes his cigarette on the ground with his foot but as his foot pivots on the butt, the "grass" tellingly moves with his shoe, revealing it to be an artificial Astro Turf type rug in an indoor set.

Quotes:

[Cleo sings last lines]
Cleo Borden: But now I'm a lady / Come up and see me some time.

Soundtrack:

HE'S A BAD MAN

Mae West inherits an oil fortune, then takes on high society.

Shortly after the release of Mae West's BELLE OF THE NINETIES, the Hollywood Production Code started to get tough, which put the Queen of double entendre in a tighter spot than her hardworking corsets. So why would Paramount dump her into this lusterless Grade 'B' item with its faceless supporting cast? West's script hardly helps as she pitches a veritable yard's sale of story lines at us: Mae takes over the ranch when her fiancé is murdered; Mae & her horse win the Derby; Mae the commoner crashes high society; Mae gets caught in a divorce/robbery/murder scam. Oh, she still gets off an occasional eyebrow raising quip and there's something irresistible in seeing her do a bit of Saint-Saens SAMSON & DELILAH (in the original keys, natch), but it's all a bit depressing to see her brought so low.