Goin' to Town [Blu-ray]

Director: Alexander Hall Alexander Hall

Overview

Mae West is Goin' to Town in this elegant post-Production Code vehicle. West plays Cleo Borden, a nouveau riche cattle rancher who hopes to crash into high society. Though she is willing to subject herself to "refinement" lessons, she still has a high old time puncturing the pretensions of those around her: when aristocratic Ivan Valadov (Ivan Lebedeff) haughtily announces that he is the backbone of his family, West gives him the once-over and replies "Then your family'd better see a chiropractor." Through the connections of her husband-by-convenience Fletcher Colton (Monroe Owsley), Cleo is able to move freely among the glitterati of Southhampton but is forced to rely on her tried-and-true "street smarts" when she crosses swords with haughty villainess Grace Brittony (Marjorie Gateson) at a Buenos Aires race track. Through it all, aristocratic British engineer Edward Carrington (Paul Cavanaugh) awaits the opportunity to claim Cleo for his own -- as if anyone could ever "own" our fiercely self-reliant heroine. The film's highlight is a society operatic gala, in which Mae West delivers a serious (and most effective) rendition of "My Heart at Thy Still Voice" from Samson and Delilah. In a more characteristic vein, the star gets down and dirty (well, at least semi-dirty) with "He's a Bad Bad Man, But He's Good Enough for Me."

Product Details

Release Date:	06/29/2021
UPC:	0738329253516
Original Release:	1935
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Language:	English
Time:	1:11:00
Sales rank:	26,654

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Mae West	Cleo Borden
Paul Cavanagh	Edward Carrington
Ivan Lebedeff	Ivan Valadov
Marjorie Gateson	Mrs. Crane Brittony
Gilbert Emery	Winslow
Tito Coral	Taho
Fred Kohler	Buck Gonzales
Monroe Owsley	Fletcher Colton
Grant Withers	Young Fellow
Luis Alberni	Signor Vitola
Lucio Villegas	Senor Ricardo Lopez
Mona Rico	Dolores Lopez
Wade Boteler	Foreman of Ranch
Paul Harvey	Donovan
Joe Frye	Laughing Eagle
Adrienne d'Ambricourt	Annette
Tom London	Buck's Gang
Syd Saylor	Buck's Gang
Irving Bacon	Buck's Gang
Bert Roach	Buck's Gang
Jim Pierce	Buck's Gang,Buck's Gang
Francis Ford	Sheriff
Andreas de Segurola	President, Racing Association,President, Racing Association
Dewey Robinson	Bartender
Julian Rivero	Bet Taker
Stanley Andrews	Engineer
Rafael Storm	Senor Alvarez
Vladimir Bykoff	Lt. Mendoza
Pearl Eaton	Girl
Jack Pennick	Dancing Cowboy
Robert Dudley	Deputy
Albert Conti	Head Steward
Frank Mundin	Mrs. Brittony's Jockey
Harold Entwistle	Colton's Butler
Stanley Price	Attendant
Frank McGlynn Sr.	Judge
Leonid Kinskey	Interior Decorator
Virginia Hammond	Miss Plunkett
Laura Treadwell	Society Woman
Nell Craig	Society Woman
Morgan Wallace	J. Henry Brash
Cyril Ring	Stage Manager
Tom Ricketts	Indian Seller
Thomas Monk	English Butler
Paulette Paquet	French Maid
Mirra Rayo	French Maid
Henry Roquemore	Match King
Ted Oliver	Policeman
Charles McMurphy	Policeman
Franco Corsaro	Italian Officer
Bert Moorhouse	Conceited Man
Sheldon Jett	Homely Polo Playe
J.P. McGowan	Cowboy
Sammy Stein	Cowboy
Max Lucke	Swedish Butler
O.M. Steiger	French Butler
Myra Royl	Actor
James Cowles	Cowboy
Lew Kelly	Michael, Colton's Gardener
George Guhl	Colton's Chauffeur
Eugene Borden	French Captain Dupont
Germaine DeNeel	French Servant

Technical Credits

Alexander Hall

Director