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Goin' To Town

Goin' To Town

Goin' To Town is a 1935 musical comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and written by Mae West. The film stars Mae West, Paul Cavanagh, Gilbert Emery, Marjorie Gateson, Tito Coral and Ivan Lebedeff. The film was released on April 25, 1935, by Paramount Pictures. the film stars Mae West. She used her own voice, prompting Mordant Hall to state the following in his review,"the highlight of the picture is Miss West singing high opera (really!)."

Plot

Cleo Borden (West) is a saloon singer out west whose cattle rustling boyfriend (Fred Kohler) dies right before their wedding day (in which they signed a paper agreeing to marry) and leaves her a fortune. She sets her sights on a handsome Brit in Carrington (Paul Cavanaugh) surveying the oil wells on her property and spends the rest of the picture trying to win him over, having placed a bet on it. He considers her "Crude oil", which leads to West stating her desire to become a lady if it kills me!" Part of her quest includes throwing an opera and singing the lead in a scene from Samson and Delilah. It also takes her to Buenos Aires, where she meets Ivan Valadov, a Russian millionaire with a mistress in Mrs. Crane Brittony. Brittony and Borden make a bet over which of their horses will win a race, which Borden suceeds. Later, Fletcher Colton (the niece of Brittony) offers her a title in a loveless marriage in Southampton. Carrington returns to see her while having a new title of being the Earl of Stratton. A feud with Brittony dovetails when Colton shoots himself in a scuffle when Valadov is brought by Brittony to see Borden. The film ends with a briefcase listing "Lord and Lady Stratton".