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Author : Jon Tuska
Publisher : Secaucus, N.J. : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Films of Mae West written by Jon Tuska and published by Secaucus, N.J. : Citadel Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jon Tuska
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806513591
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Complete Films of Mae West written by Jon Tuska and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jon Tuska
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780863696077
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)
Download or read book Complete Films of Mae West written by Jon Tuska and published by Virgin Books Limited. This book was released on 1992-10 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the life and career of Mae West. Beginning in vaudeville at the age of four, it was not until she was in her forties that she made her first film, She Done Him Wrong. Breaking box-office records, it saved Paramount from having to sell out to MGM, and secured her career in films.
Author : Simon Louvish
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312348786
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)
Download or read book Mae West written by Simon Louvish and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-11-14 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Louvish's research cements West's reputation as the definitive siren of suggestion, without whom there would never have been any Sex and the City." ---Publishers Weekly
Author : Jon Tuska
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780806505022
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Films of Mae West written by Jon Tuska and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jill Watts
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190289716
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)
Download or read book Mae West written by Jill Watts and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-17 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Why don't you come up and see me sometime?" Mae West invited and promptly captured the imagination of generations. Even today, years after her death, the actress and author is still regarded as the pop archetype of sexual wantonness and ribald humor. But who was this saucy starlet, a woman who was controversial enough to be jailed, pursued by film censors and banned from the airwaves for the revolutionary content of her work, and yet would ascend to the status of film legend? Sifting through previously untapped sources, author Jill Watts unravels the enigmatic life of Mae West, tracing her early years spent in the Brooklyn subculture of boxers and underworld figures, and follows her journey through burlesque, vaudeville, Broadway and, finally, Hollywood, where she quickly became one of the big screen's most popular--and colorful--stars. Exploring West's penchant for contradiction and her carefully perpetuated paradoxes, Watts convincingly argues that Mae West borrowed heavily from African American culture, music, dance and humor, creating a subversive voice for herself by which she artfully challenged society and its assumptions regarding race, class and gender. Viewing West as a trickster, Watts demonstrates that by appropriating for her character the black tradition of double-speak and "signifying," West also may have hinted at her own African-American ancestry and the phenomenon of a black woman passing for white. This absolutely fascinating study is the first comprehensive, interpretive account of Mae West's life and work. It reveals a beloved icon as a radically subversive artist consciously creating her own complex image.
Author : Charlotte Chandler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471105849
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)
Download or read book She Always Knew How written by Charlotte Chandler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex goddess Mae West is responsible for some of the most quoted lines in film history: * Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? * When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better. * It's not the men in my life that counts - it's the life in my men. She was a performer from childhood and debuted on Broadway in a play she wrote entitled "Sex" which was a success until it was raided for immorality and Mae was jailed for ten days. This book is packed with stars from George Raft to Cary Grant and W.C. Fields, with whom she made "My Little Chickadee", the most successful film of Fields' career. Charlotte Chandler recorded Mae West over a period of roughly a month towards the end of the star's life. She was still as vital and lively as ever, and this book will convey all of Mae West's legendary attitude.
Author : Carol M. Ward
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)
Download or read book Mae West written by Carol M. Ward and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1989-03-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative work analyzes Mae West's long life and productive career in three major phases: the early theater years, her meteoric film career in the thirties, and her subsequent life as a popular culture legend. It examines her theatrical approach to life and her unique talent for translating a low comic variety style into a subtle satire of melodramatic conventions. West's attempts to control her comic creation led her into many public battles over her claims to authorship of her plays and filmscripts. The book's bibliography explores her talents as a writer, summarizing the plays and books she wrote and investigating the validity of those claims. A thorough study of West's background and attitudes, this volume combines the approaches of both biographical and critical/artistic analysis and broadens our understanding of how Mae West fits into American popular culture. The book examines West's philosophy of success and how it was reflected in her personal and professional life, and places her in a historical and cultural perspective without forcing her personality into predetermined categories. This bio-bibliography provides a fresh view of the legendary Mae West, and a new insight into the complexity of her artistry and social vision. It will be a valuable addition to all public libraries, and a useful resource in the study of American popular culture and film history.
Author : Mae West
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)
Download or read book Goodness Had Nothing to Do with it written by Mae West and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Emily Wortis Leider
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780786230648
Total Pages : 916 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)
Download or read book Becoming Mae West written by Emily Wortis Leider and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a combination of newly uncovered archival material, fine writing, and a rich appreciation of West's unique blend of comedy and come hither appeal, Emily Wortis Leider has created a serious and seamless biography as well as a cultural history. From her birth in Brooklyn, to her Broadway battles with censorship, to the years in which she took Hollywood by storm, West comes to vibrant life as the driven, dynamic performer who made herself a movie star and sex symbol the likes of which America had never seen -- and changed our culture forever.
