Friday, May 18, 2012

Mae West: She was no angel

Friday, May 18, 2012
Loretta reports:

Continuing my celebration of early cinema, today's short feature is a trailer for the Mae West film, I'm No Angel



She was one remarkable woman, as this rare BBC Interview makes clear.

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4 comments:

Susan Bailey said...

That was awesome! My best friend as a child, the boy next door, loved Mae West and I had such lovely thoughts of him watching that. Thanks!

girlygirlhoosier52 said...

Thanks for the opportunity... Watching this was great fun!

Lenora Jane said...

Note a newish-to-Hollywood Cary Grant at the piano from 1:13-1:35! His second role opposite Mae, actually, he was also in "She Done Him Wrong." GAAAH I love them both.

Go West said...

Thanks for the mood-lifter !

As a Mae West fan, by far the best site about her I've encountered in my web-travels is called simply:

http://maewest.blogspot.com/

(No, I'm not related to it in any way. It's just a great blog.)

And for those interested in discovering the truth about one of her BIGGEST secrets ... ?

Check out this page at FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising) which shows ... ?

...a pair of Mae West's shoes !

http://blog.fidmmuseum.org/museum/2012/04/mae-west-objects-on-display.html

 
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