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Results: Vaudeville Sensation to Hollywood Star **** Mae West 1893 - 1980 ****

Published on 11/24/2024
By: fsr1kitty
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Mae West started in Vaudeville and on the stage in New York, and later moved to Hollywood to star in films known for their blunt sexuality and steamy settings.Mae West hit her Hollywood stride in her late 30s when she might have been considered in her "advanced years" for playing sexy harlots, but her persona and physical beauty overcame any doubt. The blunt sexuality of her films aroused the wrath and moral indignation of several groups, but this sexuality is what she is remembered for today.
1.
1.
"She Done Him Wrong" Tells the story of a New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. Unfortunately one of them is a vicious criminal who's escaped and is on the way to see "his" girl, not realizing she hasn't exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is at hand in the form of young Captain Cummings, a local temperance league leader. Did you know that Mae West's first film was so successful she brought Paramount Pictures out of Bankruptcy?
Yes
12%
273 votes
No
67%
1473 votes
Undecided
6%
140 votes
Not Applicable
14%
314 votes
2.
2.
"Night After Night" Tells the story of a successful ex-boxer opens a high-class speakeasy in what once was the childhood home of a formerly rich society girl. In the famous scene in which the hat-check girl exclaims over Maudie's (Mae West) jewels, "Goodness, what beautiful diamonds," and Maudie replies, "Goodness had nothing to do with it, Dearie"! Did you know that the diamonds Mae West was wearing were real, and her own.?
Yes
10%
223 votes
No
67%
1482 votes
Undecided
6%
132 votes
Not Applicable
17%
363 votes
3.
3.
"I'm No Angel" Mae's childhood wish comes true, as the bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into a lion's muzzle. With this attraction the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue her dearest occupation: flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents. Among the guys she searches the love of her life, from whom she only knows from a fortune-teller that he'll be rich and have black hair. When she finally meets him, she becomes a victim of intrigue.The song "Too Much of a Good Thing" featured three Black maids who were both servants and confidantes to the main character, Tira. West's appropriation of African-American culture was a controversial aspect of her career, and some say it helped make her one of the most well-known American entertainers of the 20th century. Did you know she hired hired Black actors in her films, including Hattie McDaniel, Gertrude Howard, and Libby Taylor?
Yes
13%
288 votes
No
64%
1405 votes
Undecided
7%
154 votes
Not Applicable
16%
353 votes
4.
4.
"Going to Town" When her fiancée Buck Gonzales is killed, dance hall queen Cleo Borden inherits his wealth. Included are oil wells supervised by British engineer Carrington, whom Cleo sets out to win by becoming a "lady." She races her horse in Buenos Aires, gains social position by loveless marriage to bankrupt Colton, and even sings in an opera. But when she meets Carrington again, he's become the Earl of Stratton... In this film Mae West is somewhat muzzled and constrained by the New Production Code. Did you know "Going' to Town" is the first Mae West film made under the Production Code?
Yes
8%
179 votes
No
69%
1521 votes
Undecided
6%
128 votes
Not Applicable
17%
372 votes
5.
5.
"My Little Chickadee" Rightly suspected of illicit relations with the Masked Bandit, Flower Belle Lee is run out of Little Bend, Texas. On the train to Arizona, she meets con man Cuthbert J. Twillie and pretends to marry him for "respectability." Arrived in Greasewood City, Arizona with his unkissed bride, Twillie is named Sheriff by town boss Jeff Badger...with an ulterior motive. Meanwhile, both stars inimitably display their specialties, as Twillie tends bar and plays cards, and Flower Belle tames the town's rowdy schoolboys. Did you know this was the only film Mae West and WC Fields made together?
Yes
16%
358 votes
No
61%
1331 votes
Undecided
6%
136 votes
Not Applicable
17%
375 votes
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6.
Mae West was very famous for her one liners! Do you recognize these quotes?
"Oh my goodness, what beautiful Diamonds" says the Hat Check Girl, "Goodness has nothing to do with it, Dearie." Mae West
18%
404 votes
"Virtue has it's own reward, but no sale at the Box Office."
8%
173 votes
"Don't forget, come up and see me sometime."
47%
1026 votes
"No use talking, I am a woman of action"
11%
232 votes
"You have a wonderful future, I see a man in your life" Fortune Teller "What only one"? Mae West
11%
233 votes
"It's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men"!
21%
465 votes
"Quick on the trigger"
13%
290 votes
"I climb the ladder of love to reach for the star" WC Fields "Reach for the air, I am in no mood for Astronomy" Mae West
6%
139 votes
"When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better!"
45%
985 votes
"Young lady, are you trying to show contempt for this court." Judge "No, I'm doing my best to hide it!" Mae West
21%
469 votes

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