She Done Him Wrong movie storyline. Liberated Mae West’s first starring film based on her infamous 1928 Broadway stage play Diamond Lil. She stars as buxom, bawdy, double-entrendre-spouting Lady Lou, a diamond-jeweled saloon chanteuse, the ‘sweetheart’ of owner Gus Jordan (Noah Beery) in the Naughty Gay ’90s Bowery region.
Handsome Captain Cummings /”Hawk” (Cary Grant), a detective poses as a Salvation Army missionary crusader while investigating a corrupt, white slavery and counterfeiting ring in the saloon. Includes West’s singing of “Frankie and Johnny,” “I Wonder Where My Easy Rider’s Gone,” and “I Like a Man What Takes His Time,” and her most famous line of dialogue: “Why don’t you come up sometime ‘n see me? I’m home every evening.”
She Done Him Wrong is a 1933 pre-Code American crime/comedy film produced by Paramount Pictures and starring Mae West and Cary Grant. Its plot includes melodramatic and musical elements, with a supporting cast featuring Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery, Sr., Rochelle Hudson, and Louise Beavers. It was directed by Lowell Sherman and produced by William LeBaron. The movie is famous for West’s many double entendres and quips, including her best-known (and frequently misquoted), “Why don’t you come up some time and see me?”
The film was adapted from the successful Broadway play Diamond by Mae West. The Hays Code declared the play banned from the screen and repeatedly demanded changes to remove associations with or elements from the play, including suggested titles with the word “diamond”. The adaption was finally allowed under the condition that the play not be referred to in publicity or advertising.
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
Directed by: Lowell Sherman
Starring: Mae West, Cary Grant, Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery, David Landau, Rafaela Ottiano, Dewey Robinson, Rochelle Hudson, Tammany Young, Fuzzy Knight, Robert Homans, Grace La Rue
Screenplay by: Mae West, Harvey F. Thew
Cinematography by: Charles Lang
Film Editing by: Alexander Hall
Costume Design by: Edith Head
Art Direction by: Robert Usher
Music by: John Leipold
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: January 27, 1933
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