Belle of the Nineties Movie Review 1934

West struts as a 1890s singer who gets involved with a boxer. Her trademark sexual innuendos were already being censored but such lines as "It's better to be looked over than overlooked," done in West style, get the point across.

Distribution

Baker & Taylor Inc., 2709 Water Ridge Pkwy., Ste. 500, Charlotte, NC 28217, Phone: (704)357-3500, Toll-free: 800-775-1800, Email: btinfo@btol.com, URL: http://www.btol.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 73 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 19th Century, Sex & Sexuality, Boxing

Screenplay

Mae West

Cast

Mae West, Roger Pryor, Johnny Mack Brown, John Miljan, Katherine DeMille, Harry Woods, Edward (Ed) Gargan

Cinematography

Karl Struss

Director

Leo McCarey

Music

Arthur Johnston

Other

LeRoy Stone, Bernard Herzbrun

Producer

William LeBaron, Paramount Pictures