Mae West: Dirty Blonde

Mae West: Dirty Blonde (2020)


  • Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 2020-06-16
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 24min
  • Language: English
  • Directors: Julia Marchesi, Sally Rosenthal.
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Summary

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.

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  • Mae West

    as Self (archive footage)
  • Margaret Cho

    as Self
  • Dita Von Teese

    as Self
  • Natasha Lyonne

    as Self
  • Ringo Starr

    as Self
  • Kathy Najimy

    as Self
  • George Schlatter

    as Self
Production Michael Kantor Executive Producer
Production Cristiana Lombardo Associate Producer
Production Julia Marchesi Producer
Production Hannah Meagher Co-Producer
Production Bette Midler Executive Producer
Production Sally Rosenthal Producer
Directing Julia Marchesi Director
Directing Sally Rosenthal Director

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