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She Done Him Wrong Details

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In her first starring film vehicle, She Done Him Wrong, Mae West is Lady Lou, a saloon singer and "slick article" who drives every man who sees her mad with desire... Read more

Starring Mae West, Cary Grant, Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland
Director Lowell Sherman
Genres Drama

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She Done Him Wrong

In her first starring film vehicle, She Done Him Wrong, Mae West is Lady Lou, a saloon singer and "slick article" who drives every man who sees her mad with desire...

Starring Mae West, Cary Grant, Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland
Director Lowell Sherman
Studio 4 FRONT VIDEO
Certificate DVD Certificate PG.gif
Genres Drama
Language English
Released DVD: 05 Oct 2005
Production year: 1933
Format DVD
  • Critics' reviews (2) of She Done Him Wrong

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  • 4 stars out of 5

    Probably the classic Mae West movie (with I'm No Angel) and a perfect opportunity to make the acquaintance of “the finest woman that ever walked the streets”. The truly outrageous West is today mainly regarded as a camp icon, a gross apology for femininity, totally butch in attitude and style, yet retaining some bizarre but sexless notion of womanliness, a sort of female drag artist. The predatory creature known as Lady Lou in this opus was once West's infamous “Diamond Lil” in her own play, but the requirements of both national and local censors caused the modification of nickname and dialogue for the movie. Young Cary Grant is the person she asks to “come up sometime and see me”, a phrase that is now well established as part of cinema iconography. For many, the real attraction of this film is the stunning art direction — the Gay Nineties are seldom so well evoked. The songs are cherishable, and the whole short shebang is well worth watching or recording, especially if you're not yet acquainted with the redoubtable and unique West.

    • Radio Times
  • 3 stars out of 4

    As near undiluted Mae West as Hollywood ever came: fast, funny, melodramatic and pretty sexy; also a very atmospheric and well-made movie.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
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  • 4 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Wrong is right

    Mercifully short showcase for the stagey charms of the ample West, here in a non-plot about a racy vaudeville singer in the Naughty 90s who has men falling over her. One of them is missionary Grant, obviously earning his chops in one of his early films. Might have gone down as being very saucy with 30s audiences but decidedly creaky now.

      • RJNeb2
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  • 4 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Wrong is right

    Mercifully short showcase for the stagey charms of the ample West, here in a non-plot about a racy vaudeville singer in the Naughty 90s who has men falling over her. One of them is missionary Grant, obviously earning his chops in one of his early films. Might have gone down as being very saucy with 30s audiences but decidedly creaky now.

      • RJNeb2
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