Directed by Wesley Ruggles
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Universal)
Mae West gets promoted from circus sideshow act to the main attraction when she makes a deal with the owner for a wad of cash. She becomes a lion tamer with a gimmick: sticking her head in its mouth, which is shown with a hilariously bad special effect. All the while men come and go in her life, until she meets millionaire Cary Grant, who has a permanent grin on his face. Their engagement is broken when he finds an old lover in her apartment. It all works out after a climactic trial. This is essentially a Mae West vanity piece, she wrote the story and dialogue, which features her trademark asides loaded with sexual innuendo.
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