Mae Wests second starring vehicle, Im No Angel casts the divine Miss West as the star performer in a seedy circus. Though she lives with Ralf Harolde, West allows herself plenty of time for other men. When Harolde runs afoul of the law, West secures extra money by becoming a lion tamer. While thus employed, West is discovered by playboy Kent Taylor; she willingly accepts his gifts and other favors, but she only has eyes for Taylors cousin Cary Grant. Still, love takes second place to commerce in Wests life, and she ends up suing Grant for breach of promise. When Grant allows her to win the case, she realizes shes truly in love with him after all. By rights, Im No Angel should have been as big and bawdy a success as Wests earlier She Done Him Wrong, but by late 1933 the censors were beginning to have their way with Hollywood. Several of the more ribald (and more hilarious) elements of the film were toned down--not least of which was the title, which was supposed to have been It Aint No Sin. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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