IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024548/
IMDB rating: 6,5
Director: Lowell Sherman
Main Cast: Mae West, Cary Grant, Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland, Rochelle Hudson
"She Done Him Wrong is the best example of the screen persona of Mae West and why it has endured as a icon of comic sexuality. Adapted from West's stage play, the story is secondary to West's charismatic one-liners and simmering seductiveness. The supporting cast appears to be there just for show, including West's nominal co-star, Cary Grant, whom Paramount was then attempting to build into a leading man. Paramount consistently selected material for Grant that failed to showcase his talents, and he did not achieve major box-office status until after leaving the studio in 1935.
Mae West's first starring film 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'. She Done Him Wrong holds the unusual distinction of being nominated for an Academy Award as Best Picture without being nominated in any other category." - http://www.allmovie.com/movie/she-done-him-wrong-v44218
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