Movies: Mae West
- 2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
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Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. G...
- 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....
- 2016
The Women Who Run Hollywood (2016)
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The first talkie was directed by Alice Guy, the first color film was produced by Lois Weber, who directed more than 300 films over 10 years. Frances Marion wrote screenplays for the Hollywood Star Mary Pickford and won two Oscars, Dorothy Arzner was ...
- 1936
Klondike Annie (1936)
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A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska....
- 1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
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Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War....
- 1968
The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968)
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- 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....
- 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....
- 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 ...
- 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....
- 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...
- 1994
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994)
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As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of women, sex and race — on stage, in films, on radio and television....
- 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....