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Je ne suis pas un ange

Original title: I'm No Angel
  • 1933
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  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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Je ne suis pas un ange (1933)
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Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the company of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along the way.Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the company of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along the way.Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the company of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along the way.

  • Director
    • Wesley Ruggles
  • Writers
    • Mae West
    • Lowell Brentano
  • Stars
    • Mae West
    • Cary Grant
    • Gregory Ratoff
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    • Director
      • Wesley Ruggles
    • Writers
      • Mae West
      • Lowell Brentano
    • Stars
      • Mae West
      • Cary Grant
      • Gregory Ratoff
    • 50User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

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    Mae West
    Mae West
    • Tira
    Cary Grant
    Cary Grant
    • Jack Clayton
    Gregory Ratoff
    Gregory Ratoff
    • Benny Pinkowitz
    Edward Arnold
    Edward Arnold
    • Big Bill Barton
    Ralf Harolde
    Ralf Harolde
    • Slick Wiley
    Kent Taylor
    Kent Taylor
    • Kirk Lawrence
    Gertrude Michael
    Gertrude Michael
    • Alicia Hatton
    Russell Hopton
    Russell Hopton
    • The Barker Flea Madigan
    Dorothy Peterson
    Dorothy Peterson
    • Thelma
    William B. Davidson
    William B. Davidson
    • The Chump Ernest Brown
    • (as Wm. B. Davidson)
    Gertrude Howard
    • Beulah Thortndyke
    Libby Taylor
    Libby Taylor
    • Tira's Maid
    Bobby Barber
    Bobby Barber
    • Man In Crowd
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Borden
    Eddie Borden
    • Carnival Sideshow Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    George Bruggeman
    George Bruggeman
    • Omnes
    • (uncredited)
    Morrie Cohan
    • Bartons Chauffeur
    • (uncredited)
    Monte Collins
    • Sailor at Circus
    • (uncredited)
    Ray Cooke
    Ray Cooke
    • Sailor at Circus
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Wesley Ruggles
    • Writers
      • Mae West
      • Lowell Brentano
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    9willowgreen

    Best of Mae West

    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 head into a lion's mouth - and basks in the attention she receives from various fans. The scene between Mae and Gertrude Michael is hilarious: "You haven't a shred of decency in you!" spouts the snobbish Michaels to which Mae retorts "I don't show my good points to strangers!" A young Cary Grant is one of Tira's many admirers and Edward Arnold is memorable as Tira's loud, gruff boss, Big Bill Barton. Mae's courtroom plea, where she puts every man in his place - and wins the admiration of the judge is a gem. This film was made just after Mae's sensational hit SHE DONE HIM WRONG. Feeling indebted to West because the film's success single-handedly saved Paramount Pictures from impending bankruptcy, mogul Adolph Zukor promised Mae that she could do anything she wanted for her next film. Because she had been fascinated by lions since childhood, she had her fantasy written into the movie's plotline.
    7claudio_carvalho

    When I'm Good, I'm Very Good. But, When I'm Bad... I'm Better

    The dancer and lion tamer of a circus Tira (Mae West) meets with an admirer at a hotel room and her lover, the pickpocket Slick Wiley (Ralf Harolde) try to steal the man and hits his head with a bottle. Slick believes that he had killed the man and flees, but he is arrested by the police.

    Tira fears to be betrayed by Slick and asks for a loan to Big Bill Barton (Edward Arnold) to leave the place. However, he offers her the money provided she accepts to put her head into the mouth of a lion. The show is a success and the circus move to New York, where the millionaire Kirk Lawrence (Kent Taylor), who is engaged but becomes her "protector", giving expensive gifts to Tira. But when she meets Kirk's partner Jack Clayton (Cary Grant), they fall in love with each other and decide to get married. But Big Bill does not want to lose his great attraction and plots a scheme with Slick to call off the engagement of Clayton and Tira.

    "I'm No Angel" is one of the most important films of the controversial Mae West, the actress who saved Paramount Pictures from bankruptcy after the Great Depression. This actress was responsible for the censorship code in Hollywood and her malicious quotes are great. For example, "When I'm Good, I'm Very Good. But, When I'm Bad... I'm Better"; or the song "No One Does It Like a Dallas Man", that was forced to be changed "No One Loves Me Like a Dallas Man". My vote is seven.

    Title (Brazil): "Santa Não Sou" ("Saint I am not")
    thornton-5

    West's masterpiece

    This movie, which West had complete creative control over, is her masterpiece. While 'She Done Him Wrong' is uneven and confusing 'I'm no Angel' is brilliant throughout. West is all woman without a bit of cat or mouse, and there is delicious chemistry between West and Grant (although this movie was made the same year as 'I'm no Angel', Grant looks older and his acting is stronger). And as much fun as it is to see masters at work in 'My Little Chickadee' (and imagine West and Feilds writing together), this movie outshines even that. If you want to know what Mae West is all about, this is the film to see.
    7ChuckStraub

    First time I ever watched an entire Mae West movie.

    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 preset ideas about Mae West movies. For some reason, unknown even to myself, this is the first time I ever watched an entire Mae West movie. What a pleasant surprise it was to find my preconceived notions were totally wrong. Cary Grant and Mae West were great together. Very good acting all the way around and some interesting characters really helped to make this a very enjoyable viewing. This movie had a bit of drama, lots of comedy, it was a bit of a musical, and had some romance. All of this was combined into a masterful blend to make this movie very entertaining. I was really surprised that the comedy was so effective for today's audience considering the movie was made 71 years ago. This was a very good movie that I recommend. Glad I watched it.
    9gftbiloxi

    The Best of West

    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 herself might have said, it ain't what ya got, its what ya do with it. If anybody knew what to do with it, Mae West certainly did, and I'M NO ANGEL finds her doing it in remarkably fine style indeed.

    The story and script, by West herself, is hilariously improbable. West stars as Tira, a carny entertainer who divides her work between a hootchie coochie act (which gives her the opportunity to perform a sizzling "They Call Me Sister Honky Tonk") and a lion taming act--but when she runs afoul of a small town romeo she hits the road for New York, where she captivates both city and Cary Grant with her circus act. Needless to say, there are comic complications galore, but like the Mounties, Mae West always gets her man.

    West did a number of justly famous films during the 1930s, but I'M NO ANGEL is arguably her best, salted with with one memorable quip after another as she cracks whips, snubs snobs, frolics with her maids ("Peel me a grape!"), and waylays the willing Cary Grant with considerable aplomb. If you've never seen a Mae West movie but have always wondered what made her a great star, this is the film to see!

    Gary F. Taylor, aka GFT, Amazon Reviewer

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    • Trivia
      In 1935 and 1949, the production code was more rigorously enforced, and the film was not approved for re-release.
    • Goofs
      During closeup when Tira sorts through a pile of phonograph records with different titles (That Dallas Man, That Frisco Man, etc.), all the labels have same serial number.
    • Quotes

      Jack Clayton: You were wonderful tonight.

      Tira: I'm always wonderful at night.

      Jack Clayton: Yes, but tonight, you were especially good.

      Tira: Well, when I'm good - I'm very good. But, when I'm bad - I'm better.

    • Crazy credits
      Before the Paramount logo appears on screen in the opening credits, a sign declares that the studio is an NRA (National Recovery Act) member with the text "We do our part" written beneath.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Love Goddesses (1965)
    • Soundtracks
      They Call Me Sister Honky-Tonk
      (1933) (uncredited)

      Music by Harvey Brooks

      Lyrics by Gladys DuBois and Ben Ellison

      Sung by Mae West

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    • Release date
      • December 21, 1933 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • No soy un ángel
    • Filming locations
      • Jungleland, Thousand Oaks, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $225,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $159
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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