A lusty, brawling, florid decade when there were handlebars on lip and wheel - and legs were confidential!Bejeweled chanteuse and brash entertainer Lady Lou (Mae West) worked in the 1890s Bowery bar-room saloon ("Gus Jordan""s Place") of her boss and benefactor Gus Jordan (Noah Beery, Sr.Plot SynopsisIn the prologue before the film begins and pre-title credits play, a scratchy car radio (on the soundtrack) plays the romantic song: "If I Didn""t Care," performed by the Inkspots:If I didn""t care, more than words can say,If I didn""t care, would I feel this way,If this isn""t love, then why do I thrillAnd what makes my head go round and roundWhile my heart stands still.Although it was nominated in four categories for Academy Awards, Best Picture, Best Actor (William Powell), Best Director (W.[Note: The irony of Wood""s film role here was that her accidental drowning death in 1981, off of her yacht named theSplendour, was pre-figured by the shocking bathtub scene and an attempted suicidal drowning scene at the reservoir.The trio (Spencer, Tracy, and Carlos) were plotting o run away from the shelter in a pre-dawn escape.