Review of I'm No Angel (1933) by Van R — 02 Sep 2009

IM NO ANGEL surpasses SHE DONE HIM WRONG. This story about a female lion tamer who sues a wealthy gentlemen (Cary Grant) and takes him to court qualifies as first-rate fun with signature Mae West dialogue.

Unlike SHE DONE HIM WRONG, IM NO ANGEL contains a better plot with Mae singing in a carnival sideshow and then skipping out when an unsavory associate appears to kill a man that Mae is entertaining in her hotel room.

That is right, her hotel room. As usual, Mae saunters around with her hands perched on her hips as if she were a football coach planning strategy on the sidelines. Her casual but confident attitude and haughty demeanor along with her velvet-like delivery with flecks of improvisation made her a force to be reckoned with.

Only the great W.C. Fields could match her. Mae was not the only sex pot goddess of the cinema but she was the most notorious. Incidentally, Mae wrote the screenplay here.