Do you know the dirty blonde Mae West’s famous utterance “…come up and see me sometime” is actually not a misquoted line?
Yes, it is wrong to say Mae West say that actual line in the 1933 black & white movie “She Done Him Wrong“.
In other words, it is a misquoted line from that crime-comedy film “She Done Him Wrong” directed by Lowell Sherman.
Many people know that the correct line in the flick “She Done Him Wrong” movie, is: “Why don’t you come up sometime and see me?” and NOT “come up and see me sometime“.
But not many folks know that Mae West actually did say that line, “come up and see me sometime“.
I would reveal it later in the post, where you can view, listen and also read where Mae West say that catchy phrase, “come up and see me sometime“.
For now, let’s check out the line or dialogue from the 1933 movie “She Done Him Wrong“, which stars Mae West with suave British-born American Cary Grant.
This is a snatch of the conversation by Mae West talking to Cary Grant in that film, where both of them are at the landing or at the bottom of the staircase.
I always did like a man in a uniform.
That one fits you grand.
Why don’t you come up sometime and see me?
I’m home every evening.
You can watch and hear her says that line in the full movie “She Don’t Him Wrong at around 25:01 in the video clip.
Then a little later before she steps upstairs, Mae West says this line:
Why don’t you come up sometime, huh?
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You can see both quotations from the movie transcripts over here.
This is the scene where Mae West says that oft-misquoted line “Why don’t you come up sometime and see me?“.
Come Up And See Me Sometime Is Not A Misquote
Now, let’s come up and see where did sex-symbol Mae West say that popular line, “…come up and see me sometime“.
Come Up And See Me Sometime
So, which movie does Mae West say that actual dialogue: “Come up and see me sometime“?
In fact, it is found in two movies:
I’m No Angel (1933) and Sextette (1978)
I’m No Angel:
This is what Mae West as Tira speaks on the phone in the pre-code movie “I’m No Angel“, just before Cary Grant comes into the room at around 1:24:37 in the video clip.
I wanna thank you for those beautiful flowers.
They were lovely.
And don’t forget, come up and see me sometime.
Mr. Clayton, how is you?
This is the scene captured from the movie “I’m No Angel” directed by Wesley Ruggles.
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You can also see the dialogue in the transcript of “I’m No Angel“.
Sextette:
Again, you can view and hear Mae West as Marlo Manners mutters this catchphrase in the international conference scene from the musical movie “Sextette” at around 1:16:44.
Mmm…come up and see me sometime. The sooner the better.
This is the scene from the 1978 “Sextette” movie where Mae West drawls, “Mmm…come up and see me sometime.”
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This 1978 musical-comedy movie was originally written by Mae west herself, which was based on a story idea by Charlotte Francis, and performed on stage in 1961.
It was a star-studded with rock stars Alice Cooper, Keith Moon (of The Who), the former Beatles, Ringo Starr, Tony Curtis, Timothy Dalton, Dom DeLuise and the ever-tanned Hollywood legend George Hamilton.
Unfortunately, this last film by the then eighty-five year old Mae West turned out to be a major box office bomb.
So, Mae West did say that iconic catchphrase, “come up and see me sometime” in “I’m No Angel” and “Sextette“.
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