Screen siren Mae West sparkles in this famous musical comedy featuring a heat wave of beautiful girls, gags, rhythm and romance. Mae West is cast as famous Broadway actress Fay Lawrence, who is starring in a dud play produced by chiseler Tony Ferris (William Gaxton). Swept up in the hype and fame of it all, West betrays her producer who truly loves her for more glitzy opportunities, but will this turn out to be a hoax and will she ever find her feet again in the world of stardom?
Mae West (1982): television movie biopic directed by Lee Philips, starring Ann Jillian as West, and co-starring James Brolin, Piper Laurie, and Roddy McDowall
Mae West at UCLA (1971): archival audio recording of the great performer in conversation at the University of California, Los Angeles
Appreciations by academic and film historian Lucy Bolton and critic and author Christina Newland of West's unique star persona (2021)
Three Walter Lantz animations featuring caricatures of West and W C Fields: She Done Him Right (1933), The Merry Old Soul (1933), and Hollywood Bowl (1939)
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