She Done Him Wrong (1933)

Fresh and Exciting

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Starring comedy legend Mae West, "She Done Him Wrong" is an acclaimed and hilarious classic, packed with the quickest of quips and raciest of innuendos. Infamous in its day for being a large reason for the addition of censors in Hollywood, it was also widely appreciated in its day. Nominated for Best Picture by the Oscars and being a big box office success, this wonderful film was a smash hit, and its legend still lives today.While it is normally listed as a straight up comedy, I believe that this film feels like a brilliant blend of multiple genres, with West's comic commentary running throughout. On top of a bawdy comedy, this movie is also a crime film, melodrama, musical, romance, and at times even suspense thriller! The genres never awkwardly collide, and instead are balanced out in an efficient manner. However, it is just interesting to me how practically none of this film's situations use any humor whatsoever and it is still hailed as a comedy classic, which serves as a true testament to Mae West's brilliant comic performance and witty-as-Hell rapid fire dialogue. The humor is purely verbal, and its some of the finest wit you'll ever see on the silver screen!

Mae West is another one of those actresses that played the same role time after time. She played Mae West. What distinguishes the movies are the lines and she was a masterful created of double entendre with a big load of sex. She would surround herself with the actors of the day, like Gilbert Roland and Wallace Beery. The one that benefited the most here was Cary Grant. It's hard to realize that he goes back so far. I have to admit that for mot of my life I found West's thing to be off handed and tiresome. But now I know that she had great timing and and interesting stage presence. She could deliver a "dirty" line like no other. This gave us the famous like, "Come up and see me sometime."

In the Gay Nineties, a seductive nightclub singer (Mae West) contends with several suitors, including a jealous escaped convict and a handsome temperance league member.The film was adapted from the successful Broadway play Diamond Lil by Mae West. The Hays Code declared the play banned from the screen and repeatedly demanded changes to remove associations with or elements from the play, including suggested titles with the word "diamond". The adaption was finally allowed under the condition that the play not be referred to in publicity or advertising. Wow, how racy was this play? This is the definitive Mae West film, probably her best. We get a variation of her classic "come up and see me" line. And, even better, we get a very early Cary Grant. Wet claimed to have discovered him, and there is more than a little truth to that. This is likely his first film that was widely seen and is still enjoyed today (2016).

She Done Him Wrong staring Mae West is one of those old black and white flicks that entertains as well shows off a little "naughtiness". It was said that this is the film that saved Paramont Studios when they were having financial woes. The film is a reproduction of a Broadway play called Diamond Lil. She Done Him Wrong has a fine cast of players ranging from Cary Grant(an unknown at the time but made a star) But the real star is a tough Brooklyn born actress named Mae West.Mae came from a rough and tumble background. A daughter of boxer named "Battlin" Jack West and her mother, a corset maker with Burlesque connections, Mae grew up in a challenging environment. But she loved the Burlesque theater so much that she left school and performed on the stage. She wasn't a raving beauty, a bit overweight and not so much a voice but Boy! she seemed to steal the scenes with a sexy purr, gorgeous clothes and a erotic glow with her eyes. Mae knew how to use her rubinesque physique to walk off the scenes with captivating sexuality that one of her co-stars remarked "she stole every scene including the camera" * a note to the young Believe it or not, this film was considered risqué at the time and the Hays Decency code in Hollywood watched Mae West like a hawk so she wouldn't violate any decency public laws. Compare it to the films of today, you hardly believe that some people thought this film was indecent. I think that is part of the magic of Mae West. She appeared naked or did hardcore sex scenes in her films but she showed a sexual being in a very original and stylistic character that it is still copied somewhat today.So I would say see this little gem! Come up and see me! and let the fun begin!