CinemaOSMovie · 2020 · 1h 24m

Mae West: Dirty Blonde

69%(7)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed bySally Rosenthal, Julia Marchesi

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 24m
Language
EN
Released
June 16, 2020

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Mae West: Dirty Blonde | Official Trailer | American Masters | PBS

Mae West: Dirty Blonde | Official Trailer | American Masters | PBS

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Cast & crew

7 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Sally Rosenthal
Julia Marchesi
Produced by
Sally Rosenthal
Julia Marchesi

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