# She Asked for It > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/She_Asked_for_It > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/She_Asked_for_It.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Asked_for_It > Source revision: 1339462824 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1937 film by Erle C. Kenton For an excuse for rape, see [Rape myth](/source/Rape_myth). She Asked for It Theatrical release poster Directed by Erle C. Kenton Screenplay by Frederick J. Jackson Theodore Reeves Produced by B. P. Schulberg Starring William Gargan Orien Heyward Vivienne Osborne Richard Carle Roland Drew Harry Beresford Alan Birmingham Cinematography Leon Shamroy Edited by Robert Bischoff Production company Paramount Pictures Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date September 17, 1937 (1937-09-17) Running time 69 minutes Country United States Language English ***She Asked for It*** is a 1937 American [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Erle C. Kenton](/source/Erle_C._Kenton) and written by [Frederick J. Jackson](/source/Frederick_J._Jackson) and Theodore Reeves. The film stars [William Gargan](/source/William_Gargan), Orien Heyward, [Vivienne Osborne](/source/Vivienne_Osborne), [Richard Carle](/source/Richard_Carle), [Roland Drew](/source/Roland_Drew), [Harry Beresford](/source/Harry_Beresford), and Alan Birmingham. It was released on September 17, 1937, by [Paramount Pictures](/source/Paramount_Pictures).[1][2] ## Plot This article needs a plot summary. Please add one in your own words. (August 2015) ## Cast - [William Gargan](/source/William_Gargan) as Dwight Stanford - Orien Heyward as Penelope Stanford - [Vivienne Osborne](/source/Vivienne_Osborne) as Ceila Stettin - [Richard Carle](/source/Richard_Carle) as Ted Hoyt - [Roland Drew](/source/Roland_Drew) as Randolph Stettin - [Harry Beresford](/source/Harry_Beresford) as Mr. Switch - Alan Birmingham as Conrad Norris - Harry Fleischmann as Jenkins - [Tully Marshall](/source/Tully_Marshall) as Old Man Stettin - [Miki Morita](/source/Miki_Morita) as Kaito ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["She Asked for It (1937) - Overview"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150924160710/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/89834/She-Asked-for-It/). Turner Classic Movies. Archived from [the original](https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/89834/she-asked-for-it) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Hal Erickson](/source/Hal_Erickson_(author)) (2016). ["She-Asked-for-It - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160307074748/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/109768/She-Asked-for-It/overview). Movies & TV Dept. *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Archived from [the original](https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/109768/She-Asked-for-It/overview) on March 7, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2015. ## External links - [*She Asked for It*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029547/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Erle C. Kenton Salome vs. Shenandoah (1919) Down on the Farm (1920) Love, Honor and Behave (1920) A Small Town Idol (1921) A Fool and His Money (1925) The Danger Signal (1925) Red Hot Tires (1925) The Love Toy (1926) Other Women's Husbands (1926) The Sap (1926) The Palm Beach Girl (1926) The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (1927) The Girl in the Pullman (1927) Bare Knees (1928) Name the Woman (1928) Nothing to Wear (1928) Companionate Marriage (1928) Golf Widows (1928) The Street of Illusion (1928) The Sideshow (1928) The Sporting Age (1928) Trial Marriage (1929) Father and Son (1929) Song of Love (1929) Mexicali Rose (1929) A Royal Romance (1930) X Marks the Spot (1931) Left Over Ladies (1931) The Last Parade (1931) Guilty as Hell (1932) Island of Lost Souls (1932) From Hell to Heaven (1933) Disgraced! (1933) Big Executive (1933) Search for Beauty (1934) You're Telling Me! (1934) Party Wire (1935) The Best Man Wins (1935) The Public Menace (1935) Devil's Squadron (1936) Counterfeit (1936) She Asked for It (1937) The Devil's Playground (1937) Little Tough Guys in Society (1938) The Lady Objects (1938) Everything's on Ice (1939) Escape to Paradise (1939) Remedy for Riches (1940) Petticoat Politics (1941) Melody for Three (1941) Naval Academy (1941) They Meet Again (1941) Flying Cadets (1941) North to the Klondike (1942) The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) Frisco Lil (1942) Pardon My Sarong (1942) Who Done It? (1942) It Ain't Hay (1943) House of Frankenstein (1944) She Gets Her Man (1945) House of Dracula (1945) The Cat Creeps (1946) Little Miss Big (1946) Bob and Sally (1948) One Too Many (1951) Secrets of Beauty (1951) This article related to an American comedy film of the 1930s is a stub. 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