Movies: Mae West

  • 2007
    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

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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...

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
  • 1937
    Every Day's a Holiday

    Every Day's a Holiday (1937)

    Every Day's a Holiday

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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....

    Every Day's a Holiday
  • 2016
    The Women Who Run Hollywood

    The Women Who Run Hollywood (2016)

    The Women Who Run Hollywood

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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 ...

    The Women Who Run Hollywood
  • 1936
    Klondike Annie

    Klondike Annie (1936)

    Klondike Annie

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    A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska....

    Klondike Annie
  • 1984
    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

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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....

    Going Hollywood: The '30s
  • 1968
    The Best of Laurel and Hardy

    The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968)

    The Best of Laurel and Hardy

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    The Best of Laurel and Hardy
  • 1933
    Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933)

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

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    Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots....

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
  • 1943
    The Heat's On

    The Heat's On (1943)

    The Heat's On

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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....

    The Heat's On
  • 1935
    Goin' to Town

    Goin' to Town (1935)

    Goin' to Town

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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 ...

    Goin' to Town
  • 2009
    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

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    A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s....

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
  • 1936
    Go West Young Man

    Go West Young Man (1936)

    Go West Young Man

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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...

    Go West Young Man
  • 1994
    Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

    Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994)

    Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

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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....

    Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
  • 1957
    The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays

    The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (1957)

    The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays

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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....

    The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays