She Done Him Wrong

"Mae West gives a 'Hot Time' to the nation!"

1933 1h 5m EN

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★5.9TMDB · 138

ComedyCrime

Synopsis

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New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more male friends than can be imagined. One is a vicious escaped criminal on the way to see 'his' girl, unaware she hasn't exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is at hand in the form of young Captain Cummings, a local temperance league leader.

“Mae West gives a 'Hot Time' to the nation!”

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Cast

Mae West
Lady Lou
Cary Grant
Captain Cummings
Owen Moore
Chick Clark
Gilbert Roland
Serge Stanieff
Noah Beery
Gus Jordan
David Landau
Dan Flynn
Rafaela Ottiano
Russian Rita
Dewey Robinson
Spider Kane

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lowell Sherman
Writers: Mae West, Harvey F. Thew, John Bright
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $2M — a 11.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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93 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Lowell Sherman, shot by Charles Lang. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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ERA

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Original score by John Leipold. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Alexander Hall shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Mae West and Cary Grant and Owen Moore carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Lowell Sherman directs. Charles Lang behind the camera. John Leipold scores. Alexander Hall cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Shot for just $0.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Grossed $2M — a 11.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
493 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
5Directed by Lowell Sherman, shot by Charles Lang. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by John Leipold. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Alexander Hall shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Mae West and Cary Grant and Owen Moore carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Mae West gives a 'Hot Time' to the nation!".
10IMDB entry: tt0024548 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.