I'm No Angel

When Mae West selected a young contract player from Paramount named Cary Grant as her leading man, a star was definitely born. But make no mistake about it, this film and She Done Him Wrong are her films and no... Full review

In this early talkie, Mae West flaunts her charisma with great gusto. She plays (what else?) an amoral circus performer who uses men for her own selfish purposes. But I never held a grudge against her hedonistic life style. I'm... Full review

Mae West's second film with Cary Grant, story and dialogue and screenplay all by West. She's Tira, a circus performer who graduates from sultry songs to lion-taming and fame. Fame brings her silk-hat suitors; Grant shows up to persuade her... Full review

Considered by many to be Mae West's finest film appearance (with only 1933's SHE DONE HIM WRONG and 1940's MY LITTLE CHICKADEE even coming close), the legendary star of the stage and screen has rarely been in better form than... Full review

Mae West was an unlikely sex symbol. She was a small woman with a face that defied most standards of beauty and an unremarkable body--and by the time she hit film she was edging into middle age. But as West... Full review

I'M NO ANGEL (Paramount, 1933), directed by Wesley Ruggles, Mae West's second starring feature, with the full of story, screenplay and ALL dialogue credited by Mae West, as listed in the opening titles super-imposed from an overview of a circus,... Full review

Knowing that I enjoy watching some of the older movies, a friend at work lent me a VHS copy of `I'm No Angel'. It's not really something I would have picked up on my own. I guess I had some... Full review

Easily one of the funniest comedies of the 193O's, this pre-code West-ern is a real treat. La West plays Tira, a carny gal who's been around the block a few times: in order to raise some dough, she sticks her... Full review

The great stars are inimitable. With the very greatest, such as the outrageous one-of-a-kind Mae West, nobody else even mirrors the style. Bogart, Hepburn, Dietrich, Cagney, maybe a few others - all you ask is that the story not smother... Full review

Mae West turned in a wonderful performance in this one. This movie starts out well but once Cary Grant appears (roughly 1/2 way through) this movie really becomes outstanding. The plot is a simple one that basically boils down to... Full review

There's always a day or two over the summer when you look around and realize everyone's deserted you. No matter: Whether your friends have decamped to the Hamptons or Coney Island , you won't miss them. ... Full Article

BREADLINES AND CHAMPAGNE (Friday through Thursday) Film Forum kicks off a monthlong festival of films made during the Great Depression on Friday with Mae West 's outrageous 1933 "I'm No Angel," offered at the equally outrageous admission price of 35... ... Full Article

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BANK NIGHT - the givea way series that helped movie theaters stay afloat during the Great Depression - is back at Film Forum in modern form. ... Full Article

Though every big and not-so-big name from the Seventies seems to be hitting the comeback trail these days, Gregg Allman would seem a particularly unlikely candidate. ... Full Article