Director: Lowell Sherman

Writers: Harvey Thew; John Bright

From a play: Diamond Lil by Mae West

Music and Lyrics by: Ralph Rainger

Keywords: Romantic Comedy

Set in the Bowery during the Gay Nineties, saloon singer Lady Lou has many suitors, is mistress to one, and one extremely possessive boyfriend, the incarcerated felon Chick Clark. Mae West's second film and one of her most memorable performances, in an adaptation of her successful Broadway play. Received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Entered 1996 into the National Film Registry.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Louise Beavers	Actor	8-Mar-1902	26-Oct-1962	She Done Him Wrong
Noah Beery, Sr.	Actor	17-Jan-1882	1-Apr-1946	The Mark of Zorro
Cary Grant	Actor	18-Jan-1904	29-Nov-1986	North by Northwest
Rochelle Hudson	Actor	6-Mar-1916	17-Jan-1972	Rebel Without a Cause
Fuzzy Knight	Actor	9-May-1901	23-Feb-1976	American character actor
David Landau	Actor	9-Mar-1879	20-Sep-1935	Judge Priest
Owen Moore	Actor	12-Dec-1886	9-Jun-1939	Irish-American character actor
Rafaela Ottiano	Actor	4-Mar-1888	18-Aug-1942	Grand Hotel
Gilbert Roland	Actor	11-Dec-1905	15-May-1994	The Bad and the Beautiful
Mae West	Actor	17-Aug-1893	22-Nov-1980	Go up and see her sometime

CAST

Mae West	...   Lady Lou
with
Cary Grant	...   Capt. Cummings
Owen Moore	...   Chick Clark
Gilbert Roland	...   Serge Stanieff
Noah Beery, Sr.	...   Gus Jordan
David Landau	...   Dan Flynn
Rafaela Ottiano	...   Russian Rita
and
Dewey Robinson	...   Spider Kane
Rochelle Hudson	...   Sally
Tammany Young	...   Chuck Connors
Fuzzy Knight	...   Rag Time Kelly
Grace La Rue	...   Frances
Robert E. Homans	...   Doheney
Louise Beavers	...   Pearl

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