A newspaper secretary is sweet-talked into altering a bad review of a Shakespearian actor. 

Sebastian Shaw looks dapper as he thanks the critic for his glowing review.

Shaw greets his guest for dinner in a handsome tuxedo.

"Oh yeah, I'm married to this old crow," Shaw thinks to himself.

"Sure I love my wife, but I love you, too!"

Shaw lays the moves on his young lady, right in the middle of Hyde Park.

Dr. Doolittle makes a guest appearance.  Both he and Shaw are after the same girl.

Shaw, in blackface as Othello, chokes his wife in front of a theater audience.

Men Are Not Gods - 1936 B&W
Review by Sea Bass Chunshaw

Movie Rating: 3/5 Stars
Shaw's Rating: 5/5 Scars

Synopsis: A theater critic's secretary gets caught in a love triangle with the stars of a London production of Othello, after she is persuaded to positively alter the play's review.

Sebastian Shaw's role: Edmond Davey / Othello

Sebastian Shaw a bad actor?  Say it isn't so!  At the beginning of Men Are Not Gods, a fidgety theater critic can't wait to get back to the office to write a scathing review of Edmond Davey's (Sebastian Shaw) performance.

But moments after he dictates and leaves, the actor's wife Barbara (Gertrude Lawrence) begs and pleads with the secretary Ann (Miriam Hopkins) to stop the review. She knows her husband sucked that night, but he had the jitters, and was really a great actor. Ann is convinced, and alters the review to praise Davey.

When Davey shows up to give thanks for the positive review, the critic figures out what happened, and fires Ann. But it turns out that Edmond Davey really is a great actor!  And Ann falls madly in love with him.  She goes to see him play Othello almost every night.

Shaw plays the total mack daddy in this film.  He has his wife, but he needs a little action on the side. Ann tries to fight him off.  She knows it's wrong.  But she can't help serving herself a big Sebastian Sandwich!

His pickup lines are so...sleazy.  Yet, she goes for it.

Eventually she breaks it off, and says she'll never go back with him, as long as his wife is alive.  Well, he 'kills' his wife in the play they perform every night, anyway. Hmmm!

The Shaw Factor: Plenty of Shaw to go around! I love the Shaw roles where his character has questionable motives.  You get to see his dark side emerge!

Character Vices: Adultery, Alcohol Consumption, Cigarettes
Character Death: No

Available on VHS / DVD? Generic VHS at Movies Unlimited

Conclusion: Sebastian Shaw is one of the three stars in this film. Yet when you read other reviews, it's basically labeled a Rex Harrison film. Harrison has a supporting role at best.  He plays the skinny, hyper, and annoying suitor for Ann.  Once again, Shaw doesn't get the credit he deserves.  But! He does get the lady!  Put that in your hat and chew on it, Rex!