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Belle of the Nineties (TCM Vault) (1934)
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| Starring: | Mae West, Roger Pryor, Johnny Mack Brown, Katherine DeMille, John Miljan, Augusta Anderson, Benny Baker, Duke Ellington, Eddie Borden, Edward Gargan, Frederick Burton, Harry Woods, James Donlan, James Pierce, Libby Taylor, Morrie Cohan, Sam McDaniel, Stuart Holmes, Tyler Brooke, Warren Hymer |
| Director: | Leo McCarey |
| Genre: | Comedy, Westerns |
| Year: | 1934 |
| Studio: | Universal Studios |
| Length: | 73 minutes |
| Released: | August 7, 2012 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White |
| Language: | English(Original Language) |
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SYNOPSIS:Ruby Carter (Mae West), the night club sensation of St. Louis, relocates to New Orleans and becomes the prize attraction of "The Sensation Club." West's risque brand of humor and naughty musical numbers enliven a plot that involves jewel thieves, a fixed boxing match and murder. Directed by comedy expert Leo McCarey (Duck Soup, 1933, The Awful Truth, 1937) and featuring Duke Ellington and His Orchestra who provide musical accompaniment for several of West's songs.
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There are 1 reviews for this movie |
  | Raymond | | Creeky mellerdrammer by West, quite stylishly directed by McCarey, whose interesting choice of initial angles-of-regard and fine traveling shots, along with ace lighting (compliments to DP Karl Struss, who made DeMille's Sign of the Cross so ravishingly beautiful), give the sow's-ear script a silk lining. Oddly enough, the picture is rather blurred, as if everything was shot in soft focus, and the sound recording of West, in particular, is fuzzy, which in both respects is as I remembered them from when I first saw this flick 50-odd years ago and hated that so many of West's quips were indistinguishable. I had not remembered that West is backed by the Duke Ellington orchestra, but as a teenager I didn't appreciate Ellington as I now do. Perhaps this film is really to be recommended only to West and Ellington fans and scholars. Everybody else will find it a snooze. --Ray Olson |
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