I’M NO ANGEL (1933) presented by Forbidden Hollywood

In 1933’s I’M NO ANGEL, the second of two pre-Code movies that she wrote as well as starred in, the voracious and voluptuous Mae West plays Tira, a sideshow dancer who accumulates fame—and men—with her popular lion taming act. Reteaming her with her She Done Him Wrong costar Cary Grant, I’M NO ANGEL centers West in a denser, more radically feminist plot that plays up her intelligence and sexual adventurousness while tackling the institutions that seek to take away women’s agency. A comedy sprinkled with risqué music numbers and witty one-liners— including some of West’s most iconic quotes, like “when I’m good, I’m very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better”—I’M NO ANGEL is credited with saving Paramount from bankruptcy, and with being one of the key factors that eventually led to the strict enforcement of the Production Code.

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