She always knew how
Mae West, a personal biography
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Author
Publication
2009 - Simon & Schuster, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
79,250 words, Guess
Page Count
317 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveshealwaysknewhow00chan
- ISBN-101416579095
- ISBN-139781416579090
- Goodreads5710136
- LibraryThing7536913
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2008048182
- OCLC Control Number232979207
- Open LibraryOL22679534M
Classifications
- DDC791.4302/8092
- DDCB
- LCCPN2287.W4566 C43 2009
Description
Biographer Charlotte Chandler draws on a series of interviews she conducted with the star just months before her death in 1980, as well as interviews with people who worked or lived with her. Actress, playwright, screenwriter, and iconic sex symbol Mae West created a scandal--and a sensation--on Broadway with her play Sex in 1926. Sentenced to ten days in prison for obscenity, she went in a convict and emerged a star. Her next play, Diamond Lil, was a smash, and she would play variations on Diamond Lil for virtually her entire career. In 1930s Hollywood she saved Paramount Studios from bankruptcy. Her screenplays included some notorious one-liners that have become part of Hollywood lore, but behind the clever quips was Mae's deep desire to see women treated equally with men. She fought the double standard of the time that permitted men things that women would be ruined for doing.--From publisher description.
Subjects
Genres
- Biography
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- She always knew how: Mae West, a personal biography
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