She Done Him Wrong

May west's play diamond lil hit broadway during the absolute bottom of the depression slump. She was broke and not exactly overflowing with her usual self confidence. Paramount, however, thought highly enough of may that when she objected to the script for night after night and offered to return her salary and go back to new york rather than read dialogue she hated, the studio put her to work rewriting it. May frequently claimed that she hand picked carriy grant as her coast star. This may have been true, but she picked him out a small sample pool. He was a paramount contract player who had appeared in half a dozen films when may first spotted him,. But he was not yet a star