I'm No Angel (1933)

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"With practically full production control over I’m no Angel, Mae West brought about what many call her finest screen effort. It has all her signature gear: sassy and provocative dialogue, suggestive musical acts and of course a naive young man (Cary Grant) to fall prey to her seduction. The main couple has great chemistry riding along the unimportant plot and firing spicy lines filled with innuendo. An unlikely film star, West proves in this venture why she became an icon even with her less-th"

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" Edward Arnold, Mae West and Russell Hopton"

“Considered by many to be Mae West's finest film appearance, the legendary star of the stage and screen has rarely been in better form than in this seminal film. Based on her own stage hit. West and director Wesley Ruggles wisely keep the focus on the then-salty dialogue and the still hilarious word play. Although he doesn't make his first appearance until nearly two-third of the film is over, Cary Grant remains the ideal straight man to West's zany antics. The film moves at a brisk pace, and its concluding courtroom sequence is unarguably one of the funniest scenes in film comedy.” read more

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"18/7/17 Mae West wrote and starred as an attraction in a circus who works her way through society only to fall for lawyer Cary Grant. Brimming with sharp one-liners and oozing plenty of sassiness, West dominates the screen, even if the story doesn't always stay on track, ending in a court case that allows West to flirt her way through it. Still, plenty of fun is to be had."