Double Feature
I’m No Angel
Leading an impressive cast, Mae West plays a small town circus performer who hits the big time in one of the top comedy hits of the 1930s. The story begins with the bewitching Tira (West), who, in addition to circus acts, performs some shady business maneuvers and takes a job as a lion tamer to escape jail. After her first show at Madison Square Garden catapults Tira to stardom, she attracts the attention of wealthy but engaged Kirk Lawrence (Kent Taylor). But Kirk’s handsome business partner Jack Clayton (Cary Grant) blows his friend’s cover and begins a romance with Tira. This time Tira is in love for real and is devastated when a misunderstanding causes Jack to break off the affair. Serving as her own counsel, Tira sues Jack for breach of contract and takes him through a cross-examination he’ll never forget! Filled with music, glamour and plenty of humor, this West favorite is a dazzling delight. Making no excuses for her sensuous exuality, Mae states, “When I’m good, I’m very good. But when I’m bad, I’m better.” (Universal)
- Director
- Wesley Ruggles
- Writer
- Story, Screen Play, and All Dialogue by Mae West
- Starring
- Mae West, Cary Grant, Gregory Ratoff, Edward Arnold
- Year
- 1933
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 87 minutes
Goin’ to Town
In her first western, Mae West shines as Cleo Borden, a saloon girl turned devilish debutante. Bride-to-be Cleo suddenly becomes the benefactor of her fiance’s ranch and oil business when he is killed in a shootout. Now a rich woman, she sets out to oversee the ranch and is met with disdain by blue-blooded British oil expert Edward Carington (Paul Cavanagh). Sensing a challenge, Cleo takes a crash course in culture to get his attention. Her first test comes when she follows Carington to Buenos Aires, where she successfully hobnobs with society’s elite in the glamorous world of horseracing. The toast of all men (except the one she’s after), Cleo arranges to marry affluent Fletcher Colton (Monroe Owlsley). But her assets are at risk when she discovers Colton’s taste for gambling, leading to an unexpected ending in this exciting story of wealth and the wicked. (Universal)
- Director
- Alexander Hall
- Writer
- Screenplay by Mae West, Story by Marion Morgan and George B. Dowell
- Starring
- Mae West, Paul Cavanagh, Gilbert Emery, Marjorie Gateson
- Year
- 1935
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 71 minutes