Mae West: Dirty Blonde
2020 · Documentary · min. · United States
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 Broadway 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 1930's and still rare today. Though she was 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 plot lines with commentary about gender conformity, societal restrictions and what she perceived as moral hypocrisy.
Direction Julia Marchesi · Sally Rosenthal
Cast Harry Beresford · Alice Cooper · Nigel de Brulier · Marlene Dietrich · Duke Ellington · W.C. Fields · Cary Grant · Jean Harlow · Russell Hopton · Gertrude Howard · Gertrude Michael · Keith Moon · Chester Morris · Charles Pierce · Roger Pryo · George Raft · Randolph Scott · Libby Taylor · Walter Walker · John Wayne · Jim Bailey · Rona Barrett · Jeanine Basinger · Candice Bergen · Joseph Breen · Mario Cantone · Paul Cavanagh · Margaret Cho · Charles Collingwood · Hilary Hallett · Molly Haskell · Will H. Hays · Margo Jefferson · Herbert Kenwith · Lady Bunny · Natasha Lyonne · Kathy Najimy · Craig Russell · George Schlatter · Red Skelton · Ringo Starr · André Leon Talley · Kevin Thomas · Dita Von Teese · Mae West
Soundtrack Joel Goodman
Cinematography Sandra Chandler · Svetlana Cvetko · Martina Radwan · Claudia Raschke · Yamit Shimonovitz · Emily Topper
Original title American Masters: Mae West: Dirty Blonde
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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