Mae West: And The Men Who Knew Her | The Hollywood Collection
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- As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of women, sex and race - on stage, in films, on radio and television.
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Including clips from Night After Night, She Done Him Wrong, I'm No Angel, Belle of the Nineties, and Klondike Annie. In addition to home movies and archival footage, Anthony Quinn, Rex Reed and Robert Wise provide interviews.
Born in a working-class section of Brooklyn, she became a show-business giant, a personality so distinctive she transformed forever the way women and sex would be presented on stage, in films, radio, TV and cabarets around the world.
Included in this retrospective are clips from such films as Night After Night, She Done Him Wrong, I’m No Angel, Belle of the Nineties, Klondike Annie, Go West Young Man, Every Day’s a Holiday, and the evergreen My Little Chickadee. Also included are period archival footage, rare home movies, vintage stills, and interviews with Anthony Quinn, Robert Osborne, Rex Reed, and others.
They forgot to mention WHY Ms West bought that huge Hollywood Hotel/ Apartment complex. She was dating a African -American Boxer and the concierge downstairs refused to let him into the hotel to see her... so SHE BOUGHT THE PLACE. She was ahead of the times.
"She wasnt pretty or had a nice figure" all this coming from a man dressed like Stuart from MADTV. Mae was perfection
My favorite Mae West quote is:
She was beautiful, inside and out, witty, intelligent, and the fact that she was in her 40s at the height of her fame, when other women were "retired", says so much. We owe her so much.
Watching this doc from a 2022 perspective is so freaking weird. All of these men are just taking every dig they can, from calling her unattractive or considering her desperate and "sad." She knew what she wanted and she knew the person she wanted to be. Her carrying that persona into her 80s wasn't sad, it was rebellion against people who want to see women in boxes. Really, the patriarchy runs deep. Runs deep.
My daddy described her as a "broad" I had never heard that term and asked him to explain. He told me a tough woman who wasn't afraid to go after what she wanted! So at 9 years old I told everyone that would listen that I was going to be a "broad" when I grew up. Omg. Lol
HER FIGURE WAS PERFECT AND HER BEAUTY WAS TIMELESS......❤
Never let a man hold anything over your head unless it's an umbrella.
How can they call her matronly and plain? She was stunning, beautiful, bold, unapologetically witty! Her personality wasn't ALL that made her a sex symbol and an icon!!
I remember one interview she did with someone, they asked why she had a mirror over her bed. She said "So I can see how I'm doin". Gotta luv this woman!
Thanks to Mae for bringing us Cary Grant and others, she was a show business genius and was responsible for keeping Paramount open and having it make money. She was terrific and there will never be another like her. RIP Mae you are missed.
My moms family moved to California from Texas during the depression (like almost everyone else!) and they lived for awhile in Los Angeles and kids got extra work while filming was going on. There were hundreds of films, shorts, news reels, etc., being made ALL the time, so kids worked as extras for ice cream or a couple of dollars, which was huge for them...
They keep commenting about her being big or large. She was very voluptuous, tough, and feminine. She was everything!
"Some of the wildest men make the best pets."
Mae West is my boyfriend's grandpa's sister. He remember sitting on her lap when he was little she was very old. He said I never told you really she was known for you know risque stuff, and I said listen she was ahead of her time she said what she wanted to say and was who she was and did what she wanted to do and I said that should be commended especially back then when everybody was so hush-hush, be proud! ❤️
People are upset because a lot of people considered her average looking. I think it makes her even better! She was an average looking woman who was able to use what she had on the inside to become one of the most desirable women on the planet. She beat all the odds and every stereotype, in a time where this was unheard of. She is an inspiration for anyone!
A woman far ahead of her time! Brilliant & wrote her own jokes and became a bigger star after 35! Now that's a real star!
Back in the 70s Jet Magazine published an article on Mae West. She was a Civil Rights advocate and she fought for equality for black actors in Hollywood back when it took grande cojones to do that!
Omg I can’t believe they said she was 55 when she went to London, she looked so young!! Fuck these men saying she was unattractive, she was a beautiful woman until the end ❤
Classy and intelligent woman. What I love about her the most is her self-esteem.