Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the company of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along the way.
The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into a lion's muzzle. With this attraction the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue her dearest occupation: flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents. Among the guys she searches the love of her life, from whom she only knows from a fortune-teller that he'll be rich and have black hair. When she finally meets him, she becomes a victim of intrigue.—Tom Zoerner <[email protected]>
The dancer and lion tamer of a circus Tira meets with an admirer at a hotel room and her lover, the pickpocket Slick Wiley try to steal the man and hits his head with a bottle. Slick believes that he had killed the man and flees, but he is arrested by the police. Tira fears to be betrayed by Slick and asks for a loan to Big Bill Barton to leave the place. However, he offers her the money provided she accepts to put her head into the mouth of a lion. The show is a success and the circus move to New York, where the millionaire Kirk Lawrence, who is engaged but becomes her "protector", giving expensive gifts to Tira. But when she meets Kirk's partner Jack Clayton, they fall in love with each other and decide to get married. But Big Bill does not want to lose his great attraction and plots a scheme with Slick to call off the engagement of Clayton and Tira.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sideshow entertainer Tira (Mae West) thrives in an unconventional lifestyle and derives great pleasure from outwitting numerous suitors that fall under her spell. Upending a tricky situation to become the toast of high society, she lands 'Mr. Right' (Cary Grant) but must outfox a pesky antagonist to secure success.—Mae Moreno
Charismatic sideshow entertainer Tira (Mae West) thrives in her unconventional lifestyle and derives great pleasure from outwitting the numerous worldly suitors that fall under her spell. Wannabe suitor and petty criminal Slick Wiley is persistent in his pursuit of Tira and gets the two into serious trouble when he cons one of her wealthy patrons. Tira's boss offers a loan for a decent lawyer on the condition that she risk her life for a dangerous show idea. Without an alternate option, Tira agrees and becomes the show's star attraction and the toast of high society. Armed with endless one-line zingers and the world at her platform-stacked feet she gets tripped up along the way when she unexpectedly falls for 'Mr. Right', Jack Clayton (Cary Grant). To secure newfound success and lasting happiness, however, she must outfox formidable antagonist Slick.—Mae Moreno
