MAE WEST & CARY GRANT in "I'm No Angel" (1933) @ ARKADIN CINEMA & BAR/$7

General Admission - $7

5228 Gravois Avenue | St. Louis, MO 63116
Microcinema in the Heart of Bevo!
https://arkadincinema.com/events/
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PLENTY of Public Parking a block closer to the Bevo Mill @ Walsh/Duke & Gravois!
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### Presented by Forbidden Hollywood

Forbidden Hollywood is a monthly series hosted by STL film critic Katie Carter celebrating the Pre-Code films of the early 1930s, when movies were wild, racy, transgressive, and tons of fun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Code_Hollywood
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After the movie, we will gather for lively, provocative, and insightful conversation--OR as close as we can come to that, anyway--HA!
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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.

Sharp, seductive and emotionally guarded Tira (Mae West) is a lauded and much-adored circus performer. Her newest suitor, a married New York City socialite named Kirk Lawrence (Kent Taylor), showers her with gifts. Kirk's cousin, Jack Clayton (Cary Grant), goes to Tira to try and convince her to end the affair. The two fall for one another, but when love and happiness risk taking Tira from the stage, her boss plots to break off the engagement and shackle her to the circus forever.

NOTE: This movie has a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

https://arkadincinema.com/event/mae-west-in-im-no-angel-1933-presented-by-forbidden-hollywood/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_No_Angel
https://www.scripts.com/script/i'm_no_angel_10551 [Includes Trailer]