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She Done Him Wrong | 
| Director: Lowell Sherman
Actors: Ernie S. Adams, Louise Beavers, Sr. Noah Beery, Wade Boteler, Jack Carr
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 2439
Format: Dolby, Full Screen, Ntsc, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD61025788D
UPC: 025192578823
EAN: 0025192578823
ASIN: B0012GVMI0
Theatrical Release Date: 1933
Release Date: April 22, 2008
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In her first starring film vehicle, IShe Done Him Wrong/I, Mae West is Lady Lou, a saloon singer and "slick article" who drives every man who sees her mad with desire. She positively oozes sex, but always with sly, self-mocking humor. Lady Lou remarking on the nude painting of her hanging over the bar: "I gotta admit that is a flash, but I do wish Gus hadn't hung it over the free lunch." West warbles several numbers in her Brooklyn-accented, sweetly nasal voice, accompanied by her famous suggestive roll of the eye and flip of the hip: "Frankie and Johnny," "Easy Rider," and "A Guy What Takes His Time." p Based on West's Broadway play IDiamond Lil/I, the film is set in the Gay '90s, "a lusty, brawling, florid decade, when there were handlebars on lip and wheel and legs were confidential." The corny plot involves the eternal male rivalry for Mae's favors, as well as a white slavery ring that is shipping unsuspecting girls to the Barbary Coast. But the movie's real treat is the cat-and-mouse game between West's Lady Lou and the Hawk, a detective disguised as a missionary, played by a devastatingly handsome young Cary Grant. West: "Why don't you come up some time, see me? I'm here every night." Grant: "Yeah, but I'm busy every night." West: "What're you tryin' to do, insult me?... You can be had." p In IShe Done Him Wrong/I, Mae West is absolutely in her prime. Her one-of-a-kind intermarriage of eroticism and humor, worldly wisdom and scalding wit are presented with perfect panache. I--Laura Mirsky/I
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 Bowery Bruiser With A Comic Edge April 17, 2002
Gary F. Taylor (Biloxi, MS USA)
Mae West had a Broadway smash when she penned the bawdy tale of DIAMOND LIL for herself--and with a few tweaks here and there the story came to the screen as SHE DONE HIM WRONG. The film was an immediate hit and the role of Lady Lou remains one of West's best remembered performances. The script is jam-packed with some of West's most famous lines, including the memorable Come up'n see me sometime. I'm home every evenin' and You can be had. West throws her lines with style, aplomb, enough innuendo to make a censor cringe, and considerable humor--but, somewhat surprisingly, the movie is not really a comedy.pSHE DONE HIM WRONG is a hard-knocks tale of Bowery bruisers who dance attendance upon the 'Lady Lou' and often resort to crime to keep her dripping in the diamonds she prizes above all else. But although she has one lover already locked up in jail, another one mixed up in the white slavery rackets, and still a third waiting to step into the gap, the Lady Lou is more interested in seducing missionary Cary Grant... only to find him less interested in her body than her soul, a circumstance that prompts West to utter one of the most how-did-that-get-past-the-censors lines in 1930s cinema: Maybe I ain't got no soul.pThis is a surprisingly tough little movie, and in addition to West's zinging lines and occasional musical numbers SHE DONE HIM WRONG also offers a glimpse at a very young (and still slightly wooden) Cary Grant; it also has an ensemble cast that plays in a very enjoyable grand manner, truly first rate production values all the way, and A surprisingly brisk running time. West did funnier films than this, but the mix of her sharp wit and the rough story is particularly memorable. This is where the fire started really started, and I recommend it very strongly.
 What a hoot of a film! March 4, 2002
Simon Davis
This film is a real tickler for the funny bone. Mae West was at her absolute peak when she made this film, her first major starring role. Many of her famous one - liners are here and are guaranteed to keep you laughing through out the 70 or so minute running time.brAs the saying goes they dont make films like this anymore, mores the pity. I believe the sexual underplay here is so much more effective than in today's films where everything is thrown into your face. brThe overraul look of the film is authentic and very lavish. Paramount obviously spent a fortune on the production and thankfully the MCA VHS print is magnificent.brIt is also of interest in being one of Cary Grants earlier films but he appears quite stiff throughout the film and is no where near the totally charming performer he became later in the late 30's and 40'sbrI enjoy this film very much and I recommend it to those that enjoy a good fun time at the movies
LADY LOU TO YOU August 10, 2001
The spicey humour and sexual double entendres that characterised West's career where brought to the nation's attention this little 66 minute film from 1933. SHE DONE HIM WRONG is a most enjoyable vehicle for Mae's comedic talents ( it was based upon her successful 1928 hit play DIAMOND LIL ). Mae was fair, fat and forty, but her timing, inflection and phrases are pure fun, and her demeanor and carriage brought to the screen the playful sexiness with which she was so integrally associated. The direction by the former stage actor Lowell Sherman is excellent as the it leaves the viewer with a good idea of what the atmosphere of the Bowery in the 'nineties was like. However, it's obvious that West carried the movie where she desired it to be led. Grant's portrayal is well-done and believable; his transition from missionary to detective is quite acceptable. A classic comedy and a classic seduction.
When Women Go Wrong, Men Go Right After Them! July 24, 2001
Linda McDonnell (Brooklyn, U.S.A)
That about sums up the plot of She Done Him Wrong, starring the hip swerving Mae West as barroon chanteuse Diamond Lou. There's not a man in the picture who isn't lusting after Lou, and she lets more than one have a sampling of some of her charms. But while there are double entendres ricocheting off the chandeliers, Mae is always clad, and promises more than she really delivers. She's something of a two-timer, maybe even a five-timer, but you don't hold it against her as she says what needs to be said at the moment. Counterfeiters, white slavers, and jailbreakers round out some of the extra-Mae activities.pWatch this funny movie--she may have done him wrong, but she'll serve you right.
The incomparable Mae West at her finest May 12, 2001
Mae West was a veteran of burlesque, vaudeville and the Broadway stage by the time she made her first film in 1932 at the age of 39. "She Done Him Wrong" was her second film and her first starring role in an adaptation of her smash Broadway hit "Diamond Lil". It was a play that West had written herself and it played to packed houses on Broadway for years. This film was nominated for an Academy Award for best picture and made Cary Grant into an instant star. Mae went on to write nine of the fourteen screenplays for films in which she was to star. Thus, all those great quotes we've heard that are attributed to her were not only said by her, but written by her as well. By 1935, she was the most highly paid woman in America. To this day, she remains one of the female stars most often imitated by female impersonators.pThis film is among her best. It is full of the bawdy double entendre that became her trademark. She was the queen of sexual innuendo and suggestive dialogue and many of her lines have become part of Americana (e.g. "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?" And, "A hard man is good to find." And of course, "Come up and see me sometime.")pThe plot of this film is simplistic and it is clearly a vehicle for her enormous talent, leading up to the now famous proposal by Cary Grant at the end of the film. Mae commands every frame of the film with her incomparable combination of sex appeal and ribald humor. Her sense of comic timing is impeccable making the funny lines she writes that much more hilarious by the snide way in which she delivers them.pBefore this film, Cary Grant had appeared in half a dozen films and was building a reputation as a solid actor. However, none of his early films gave him the exposure that this film did due to its wild popularity at the time. West handpicked him for the part saying that he combined virility with the bearing of a gentleman. She wanted someone who would epitomize the now famous line, "Hello, warm, dark and handsome." Though his role in this film is minor compared to West's, it made him a household name and a bankable star.pThis classic film is a piece of film history that shouldn't be missed. I rated it a 10/10. It is among Mae West's best moments. I highly recommend it.
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