Mae West: Dirty Blonde
Mae West: Dirty Blonde

Movie·2020·1h 24m

Mae West: Dirty Blonde

Language

English

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The Story

Mae West achieved great acclaim in every entertainment medium that existed during her lifetime, spanning eight decades of the 20th century. A full-time actress at seven, a vaudevillian at 14, a dancing sensation at 25, a playwright at 33, a silver screen ingénue at 40, a Vegas nightclub act at 62, a recording artist at 73, a camp icon at 85 - West left no format unconquered. She possessed creative and economic powers unheard of for a female entertainer in the 1930s and still rare today. Though a comedian, West grappled with some of the more complex social issues of the 20th century, including race and class tensions, and imbued even her most salacious plotlines with commentary about gender conformity, societal restrictions and what she perceived as moral hypocrisy. Mae West: Dirty Blonde is the first major documentary film to explore West's life and career, as she "climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong" to become a writer, performer and subversive agitator for social change.

Producer

Michael Kantor, Julia Marchesi

Themes

comedianbiographystage performancecabaret performerstar showcasecabaret singerfemale writerdocumentaryfamous actress

Audience Score

69%

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Perfection28%

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Region: US

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Cast

Mae West

Mae West

Self (archive footage)

Dita Von Teese

Dita Von Teese

Self

Natasha Lyonne

Natasha Lyonne

Self

Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr

Self

Kathy Najimy

Kathy Najimy

Self

Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho

Self

George Schlatter

Self

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Crew

Michael Kantor

Executive Producer

Julia Marchesi

Producer, Director

Bette Midler

Bette Midler

Executive Producer

Sally Rosenthal

Producer, Director

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