Movies: Mae West
- 1932
Night After Night (1932)
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A former boxer purchases a classy speakeasy and falls in love with a wealthy society girl....
- 2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
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A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s....
- 2003
Complicated Women (2003)
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Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content. No longer portrayed as virgins or vamps, the liberated female of the pre-code films had ...
- 2020
Mae West: Dirty Blonde (2020)
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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 sc...
- 1935
Goin' to Town (1935)
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Cleo Borden grew up in a saloon, loves the men—and the men love her—but her aspirations lead her to enter into a contract to marry a wealthy man. When he dies and leaves her all of his fortune, she soon learns that although she has money, she is not ...
- 1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995)
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From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a popular icon since the 1930s....
- 1937
Every Day's a Holiday (1937)
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When a turn-of-century confidence trickster poses as a famous French chanteuse to avoid arrest, she manages to expose the crooked police chief and smooth the path for the reform mayoral candidate....
- 1935
The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935)
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Compilation of lighting and costume tests from various films, most notably Sternberg's "The Devil Is a Woman" (1935)....
- 1936
Go West Young Man (1936)
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Mavis Arden is a sensational movie star. Her following spans the world and her personal appearance tours prove her popularity. On her way home from one such appearance, Arden's car breaks down. She orders her publicity man to find her a place to stay...
- 1957
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (1957)
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Part of acclaimed filmmaker Frank Capra's "Wonders of Life" series of science-based films (which won an Emmy Award for Best Editing) teaches kids about the power of gamma rays and radiation....
- 1943
The Heat's On (1943)
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Broadway star Fay Lawrence (West) is a temperamental diva who is reluctantly persuaded by a Broadway producer (Gaxton) to star in his latest production....
- 1933
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933)
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Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots....
- 1968
The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968)
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Compilation of the mismatched but immortal pair's various films and shorts....
- 1995
Trailer Camp (1995)
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Film archivist and former director of the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Jenni Olson created this fast-paced and often funny, campy 75-minute film comprised entirely of spliced together movie trailers. Some of the segments have themes su...
- 1969
Homo Promo (1969)
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This spectacular showcase of vintage movie trailers offers a crash course in lesbian, gay, bi and transgender (LGBT) movie history and a colorful look at nearly every major mainstream queer-themed film produced between 1953 and 1977! Archivist Jenni ...