Mae West: Dirty Blonde

Mae West: Dirty Blonde

2020
1h 24m
6.9

6.9/10

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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Quick Facts

Release Date June 16, 2020
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt14189102
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Cast

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
George Schlatter

Self

Key Crew

Bette Midler
Executive Producer
Sally Rosenthal
Producer
Julia Marchesi
Producer
Michael Kantor
Executive Producer
Sally Rosenthal
Director
Julia Marchesi
Director