"Trip to the City" From two evils, I choose the one I have not yet tried! (May West)
There have been (and still are) many rumors about Mae West. It was said that the actress died in the early 40s, and in the films “Myra Breckenridge” and “Sextet” filmed her double. It was said that Mae West was a disguised man.
Wait, but if Mae West is a man in disguise, then I don’t know anything about this crazy world.
Great Hollywood actress of the 30s: back then there were only two stars who could do everyone else (imho) – Mae West and Carol Lombard. But if Lombard is tangible beauty, from the cover, then May is a confident and paradoxical informal. May said, “I don’t go on a diet.” The only carats (carrot) that interest me are those in diamonds.
May's cinema is comedy and vaudeville. This is a stand-up and a musical in one bottle: in the “Coming to the City” of 35, May once again appears in the form of a walking collection of toasts and aphorisms. According to the plot - the heroine marries a not quite honest man with a dark real (makes a deal with him), after which - the narrowed one dies, leaving the entire inheritance - a ranch, an oil rig, capital - May. And then our girl falls in love with an arrogant type - a certain gentleman-Englishman and to please him - all the truths are not true trying to get into high society, learn to behave like a lady.
A sort of variation--a deception on the theme of "Pygmalion," actually a classic "Mae West movie." The actress takes everything and everything under herself, and this can not be denoted by the minus of the picture: West is intriguing. In addition, I do not know what about carrots and carats, but by the time of filming “Trip” the girl noticeably thinned and acquired a figurehead, which was not in “She did him badly”. The picture is interesting, watchable, which I did not expect from the Paramount film of the mid-30s with an average rate. I would call it the best West movie I’ve seen so far (along with Chicken).
And what a wonderful scene closer to the finale - "Samson and Delilah" ala wampouca. It's worth watching. Well, the general mood of the picture with dialogues on the verge of a foul, this very edge never crosses ("-) I thought about you all night! “I hope you haven’t worked too hard.” The best recommendation is Alfred Hitchcock’s 39 Steps, in which the Man Who Knows the Answers to All Questions is asked, “How old is Mae West?”
"I know, but I won't tell you"