‘‘Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?’’ — Mae West, to a police officer. She was the diva of the double-entendre at a time when what was deemed clever, grown-up ...
THE trouble with writing a biography of someone like Mae West is that her image is not only larger than life, it’s also big enough to dwarf the portrait you are trying to create. For most of her life, ...
August 17, 1893: Mary Jane West is born to John Patrick and Mathilda West on Bushwick Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. c.1896: Sister Mildred West is born (name later changed to Beverly). c.1900: Brother John ...
Mae West shimmied through her films with a cigarette pressed between two fingers, a carnal smile, and a voice that purred “Why don’t you come up sometime and see me?” to a host of suitors who were ...
Mae West: Dirty Blonde is the first major documentary film to explore Mae West’s life and career as she “climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong” to become a writer, performer and subversive ...
Of all the great things about television, the greatest is that it’s on every single day. TV history is being made, day in and day out, in ways big and small. In an effort to better appreciate this ...
Mae West is making headlines again, nearly 40 years since her passing in 1980. In July of this year, Julien’s Auctions announced a Nov. 1 sale featuring over 230 items that the ‘30s sex symbol owned ...
He worked alongside the legendary actress in a Las Vegas and touring revue and in her 1977 film, 'Sextette.' By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Reg Lewis, the champion bodybuilder and actor who was a member ...
Charlie and Jo are pretty ordinary. Mae West was pretty extraordinary. Bearing out the notion that opposites attract, Charlie and Jo are enthralled by Mae. In fact, that infatuation is their one ...
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