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She Done Him Wrong is a 1933 pre-Code American crime/comedy film starring Mae West and Cary Grant, directed by Lowell Sherman. The plot includes melodramatic and musical elements, with a supporting cast featuring Owen Moore , Gilbert Roland , Noah Beery Sr. , Rochelle Hudson , and Louise Beavers .
Aug 20, 2022 · In 1933, She Done Him Wrong—an adaptation of Mae West’s own play Diamond Lil (1928)—was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar category, but it lost to Cavalcade. The young Cary Grant had caught Mae West’s eye in the studio, whereupon she had queried about him to one of Paramount’s office boys.
She Done Him Wrong, American romantic comedy film, released in 1933, that helped establish both Mae West and Cary Grant as major movie stars.
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Released in February 1933, not quite a month before Franklin D. Roosevelt took office, Mae West and “She Done Him Wrong” proved that audiences could still scare up a few coins to see something re-ally worthwhile, even in the depths of the Depression. (It’s often cited as the film that saved Paramount Pictures from bankruptcy.)
Crazed with jealousy, not to mention fearful of the cops searching for him down in the saloon, Chick threatens to kill Lou if she doesn’t accompany him in his escape. She promises to meet him after her show.
Directed by Lowell Sherman. Mae West gives a ‘Hot Time’ to the nation! New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of them is a vicious criminal who’s escaped and is on the way to see “his” girl, not realising she hasn’t exactly been faithful in his absence.
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Based on the stage play "Diamond Lil", West plays the girlfriend of a criminal bar owner who has bought her expensive diamonds, but she has cheated on him with a variety of other men.
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