Belle of the Nineties (1934)DVD VHS | Cast list | | Mae West | as | Ruby Carter | | Roger Pryor | as | Tiger Kid | | Johnny Mack Brown | as | Brooks Claybourne (as John Mack Brown) | | Katherine DeMille | as | Molly Brant | | John Miljan | as | Ace Lamont (owner, Sensation House) | | James Donlan | as | Kirby (Tiger Kid's manager) | | Stuart Holmes | as | Dirk | | Harry Woods | as | Slade | | Edward Gargan | as | Stogie (Ruby's agent) | | Libby Taylor | as | Jasmine (Ruby's maid) | | Frederick Burton | as | Col. Claybourne | | Augusta Anderson | as | Mrs. Claybourne | | Benny Baker | as | Blackie | | Morrie Cohan | as | Butch | | Warren Hymer | as | St. Louis fighter |
| | Crew list: | | Leo McCarey (Director) | | Mae West (Writer) |
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Review
Ruby Carter (Mae West), the American Beauty queen of the night club-sporting world, shifts her operations from St.Louis to New Orleans (which kind of belies the Western genre designation), mostly to get away from prizefighter Tiger Kid (Roger Pryor). Installed as the prize attraction of "The Sensation Club", ran by Ace Lamont (John Miljan), she quickly becomes the toast of the town and also marked as personal property by Ace, arousing the fury of Ace's former flame, Molly Brant (Katherine de Mille). The not-overly-bright Tiger comes to town and is set for a title match with the champ by Ace, while the latter also has him steal some of Ruby's jewels. Ruby, no dumb-belle, figuring Ace has the fix in on the fight, uses some of her other jewels to lay a trap for Ace. Tiger confesses, after the fight, to Ruby his role in the jewel robbery while she hints that Ace was the one who slipped him the knock-out drops. Tiger goes after Ace, who, for his own reasons, has Molly locked in a closet. |
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