Mae West: And The Men Who Knew Her | The Hollywood Collection

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.
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Including clips from Night After Night, She Done Him Wrong, I'm No Angel, Belle of the Nineties, and Klondike Annie. In addition to home movies and archival footage, Anthony Quinn, Rex Reed and Robert Wise provide interviews.
Born in a working-class section of Brooklyn, she became a show-business giant, a personality so distinctive she transformed forever the way women and sex would be presented on stage, in films, radio, TV and cabarets around the world.
Included in this retrospective are clips from such films as Night After Night, She Done Him Wrong, I’m No Angel, Belle of the Nineties, Klondike Annie, Go West Young Man, Every Day’s a Holiday, and the evergreen My Little Chickadee. Also included are period archival footage, rare home movies, vintage stills, and interviews with Anthony Quinn, Robert Osborne, Rex Reed, and others.

[@eunicestone838]

My daddy described her as a "broad" I had never heard that term and asked him to explain. He told me a tough woman who wasn't afraid to go after what she wanted! So at 9 years old I told everyone that would listen that I was going to be a "broad" when I grew up. Omg. Lol

[@roderickfernandez5382]

Your daddy was right smart man she was abroad and I don't mean traveling to a foreign country

[@gabriellew.1164]

This was the best comment 🤣 so far!!!

[@paolamura3497]

Hilarious!!!

[@sheilacalkins4329]

A!a!!aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa​@@paolamura3497

[@Loveraptors101]

Thats funny!,😂❤😂😅

[@frenchartantiquesparis424]

They forgot to mention WHY Ms West bought that huge Hollywood Hotel/ Apartment complex. She was dating a African -American Boxer and the concierge downstairs refused to let him into the hotel to see her... so SHE BOUGHT THE PLACE. She was ahead of the times.

[@paulinarichert283]

I read her biography - she didn't buy this apartment complex. People thought she did it but it is true that she defended her African American friend.

[@jasonmccallop6605]

Certain white folks want you to forget that

[@miwfreak4312]

She's a badass!

[@jeandixson5610]

Bravo

[@scorpiouknow]

How convenient to leave out William Jones, Gorilla Jones. Interesting, they knew each other for 50 years, she employed him as her bodyguard and employed his mother, and not as a maid. Not to mention how he was a devoted friend to her as she was to him, she left him real estate among other things. There's so much history purposely left out or destroyed, just to eliminate undesirable. America's real good for that. I bet she was a sweetheart, I wish I had known her.

[@blaze3884]

I remember one interview she did with someone, they asked why she had a mirror over her bed. She said "So I can see how I'm doin". Gotta luv this woman!

[@AS-wj1du]

Cheeky. Bed over mirror, only hold an umbrella over your head, men as pets

[@grammyjsg]

Never let a man hold anything over your head unless it's an umbrella. That's one of the best lines I've ever heard... I'll never forget that one. FABULOUS!!!

[@Blech-h9z]

She was beautiful, inside and out, witty, intelligent, and the fact that she was in her 40s at the height of her fame, when other women were "retired", says so much. We owe her so much.

[@Chauncey250]

I hate the fact these men talking on het biography say she wasn't the most beautiful ,they are so full of it ! Mae west was a hell of a gal !!!!! Fyi she grew up in greenpoint in brooklyn a place i was born and raised as she did , and I'm so proud of that ,I used to act like her around my friends in brooklyn in school lol til this day I do a gd impersonation of the late great mae west

[@victorblock3421]

@@Chauncey250 She wasn't classically pretty. She learned how to used her brain and had all men interested in her. I'd go into a time machine to meet her if possible. She was a full package but if I just want beauty, she'd be far down my list.

[@daffyduck7336]

And what "they" forgot was "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"!!!!!😮

[@SP-bg8on]

@@Chauncey250I agree. She was gorgeous

[@dorotheaprobst862]

For sure

[@Asigedge]

"She wasnt pretty or had a nice figure" all this coming from a man dressed like Stuart from MADTV. Mae was perfection

[@theatergeek82]

I know I was like "well some of you guys aren't exactly prizes yourselves."

[@awesomeunicorn3280]

Ikr the nerrve

[@evanatbri-s13]

He didn't say anything that wasn't true. We can all see it here.

[@servraghgiorsal7382]

Oooooh! That's a good one!!

[@Maria-dk2fv]

What is figure? Like a bottle?

[@alexcampana2889]

Omg I can’t believe they said she was 55 when she went to London, she looked so young!! Fuck these men saying she was unattractive, she was a beautiful woman until the end ❤

[@MitchClement-il6iq]

Her interview with dick cavett is awesome! Was 82 and still smart as ever.

[@evelynfuller2086]

Amen 🙏

[@taffykins2745]

My favorite Mae West quote is: "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."

[@janjbowman]

She was not perfection even though during an interview I was watching she claimed all actors and actresses were GODS and GODESSES… or really people that think these things are full of shit . Many modern actors think they are GODS and Goddeses .NO THEY ARE NOT THEY ARE NO BETTER THAN THE REST LF US . I HATE AND DESPISE ARROGANCE ..

[@taffykins2745]

@@janjbowman Hahahaha! Like you said, Mae called them out! They were so full of themselves! ....and still are! Lol! 😄

[@TargttdGma]

Yeah yeah ... the big tv lie ... only live once. Satan wants the masses to consider this life in his temporary kingdom is "all there is". Nope. We're here to prove we deserve Eternity FREE of evils.

[@TargttdGma]

​@@janjbowmanA bigger frawd than most can imagine. Folks srldom See what they look at. "Charlie" Chaplain is another piece of work. The Club has requirements, accommodating the Big wealthy ones who created the enterTrainment 'industry'.

[@taffykins2745]

@@TargttdGma it's a joke and part of the character she made up. Why so heavy?

[@alexisjackson1124]

She was my favorite actress just for her realness. She wasn’t afraid to be a woman in a time when it was almost illegal to be one. Rest beautifully, Ms. Mae.

[@lisamariealaniz7538]

Truth

[@publiusx6703]

Actually, there were many strong women on the silver screen (and off it) at that time: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, and Katherine Hepburn, to name just a few. Some of the biggest stars in Hollywood of that time. Sometimes our stereotypes of an era are at odds with the reality.

[@thirabx6954]

Is that a rocket in your pocket, or you just happy to see me

[@r5u26d3]

Women have always been strong. They operated in their territory and men in theirs. Now we mix it up and women compete with men. But women have retained their destiny, creating the next generation. That brings them their greatest fulfilment. Competing with men is about survival . Having a family and a loyal , hard working husband remains their main goal

[@tula1433]

@@r5u26d3 yes women want to modernize but still demand men remain traditionally masculine and play their traditional role. Funny how that works.

[@AngeliqueGia]

They keep commenting about her being big or large. She was very voluptuous, tough, and feminine. She was everything!

[@jonnyq680]

Ms. West was my fantasy woman. My Wife is my Dream Woman. She is Everything. The small, catty ones are ignorant of what a real woman is and are lesser creatures for it...

[@teresafaulkner5199]

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[@jonnyq680]

@@teresafaulkner5199 miss, i'm just an old country keyboard guy. I am unfamiliar with all this new-fangled tech code stuff the kids like so much. That and a HUGE Mae West fan.

[@marjoriegarner5369]

@Patricia Palmer what's Zaftig?

[@jonnyq680]

@@teresafaulkner5199 You got it, lady.

[@SavvyMama]

A woman far ahead of her time! Brilliant & wrote her own jokes and became a bigger star after 35! Now that's a real star!

[@ottomechanic1370]

I totally agree with you. Invented a unique classic style, which women could study from, with all do respects, carefully crafted like she performed for her audience. Thank you.

[@msr1116]

She wrote some of the wittiest (and truest ! ) lines and comebacks that have lasted for many decades now.

[@ottomechanic1370]

Wow! Thank you kindly for the feedback. Sounds like you have done some research on Mae West. She would be a fastinating Hollywood personality to learn more about.

[@allenwhite7465]

CV CVg

[@sherryfierro8893]

Pl000ll00

[@jeffneis553]

Thanks to Mae for bringing us Cary Grant and others, she was a show business genius and was responsible for keeping Paramount open and having it make money. She was terrific and there will never be another like her. RIP Mae you are missed.

[@jscho8674]

"Some of the wildest men make the best pets." I love this woman.

[@dorisleger4087]

J Scho hallmart

[@Melinda8162]

J Scho I hadn't heard this one before....among the many I did!! That was just fabulous!!

[@TheMkgirl77]

Brilliant line!

[@turboturd7954]

Works both ways!

[@louisl9199]

Frank Sinatra story

[@ruairilocke9898]

Many of todays actresses are interchangeable in looks, Mae West could never be mistaken for anyone else.

[@Darrigrande]

Mae West was an original and a unique person. She was not a clone of somebody.

[@kfl611]

I read one time, that of course she had a few face lifts or two, but she did them right, as always looked like herself. She was sure a 'one of a kind' and yes there will never be another like her.

[@breannasosa-lopez2009]

How can they call her matronly and plain? She was stunning, beautiful, bold, unapologetically witty! Her personality wasn't ALL that made her a sex symbol and an icon!!

[@applesnicolle5144]

Mae West was No beauty … more like a drag queen. Sad individual

[@johnryan9626]

Breanna I totally agree with you....

[@johnryan9626]

@@applesnicolle5144 you must be looking in the mirror! I feel sorry for you....

[@applesnicolle5144]

@@johnryan9626 / Mae West was attractive in a way as All ppl are attractive in their own way but by Hollywood standards she was matronly looking, even rather masculine. I’m not going to glorify a woman so unfeminine, so Not spiritual … she was all about depredating sexuality into the gutter. Yes funny at times but it wears thin…

[@jadzia2098]

Apples Nicolle : we all see situations and people differently, to me, it is how you perceive a person or situation and others will perceive it differently than you or me.

[@christineparis5607]

My moms family moved to California from Texas during the depression (like almost everyone else!) and they lived for awhile in Los Angeles and kids got extra work while filming was going on. There were hundreds of films, shorts, news reels, etc., being made ALL the time, so kids worked as extras for ice cream or a couple of dollars, which was huge for them... My great aunts were actresses for Universal Studios, then married minor producers and wrote music used in a lot of shorts...especially for Laurel and Hardy.... I have great photos of them in 20s bathing suits at Santa Monica pier and they all had cottages on the beach. I would have loved to have lived there then!! In the early 90s, we went out to Los Angeles so my husband could work as a sound engineer. I did extra work and regular gigs on tv shows just because I wanted celebrate the lives of the women in my family who worked hard, earned their own money and lived how they wanted, free and exciting....

[@proudcynophile1901]

Back in the 70s Jet Magazine published an article on Mae West. She was a Civil Rights advocate and she fought for equality for black actors in Hollywood back when it took grande cojones to do that!

[@trishmcl9055]

Good for her! ♥️

[@sophiabrown9423]

I knew a lady who worked for her as her maid but they were also good friends she said Mae was real cool and did really talk like that and she had a few black lovers.❤❤

[@zingyflaps7757]

I think big cojones sums her up pretty well.

[@annnee6818]

She sure had some of the grandest cojones in da biznaz...😆

[@petebest22]

Lovely lady, wish I know her ☺

[@unexpectedvixen5685]

She shook the cage when women were expected to be seen and not heard. She definitely needs more recognition,in my opinion.

[@spmoran4703]

Amen. She showed the world that women had sexual feelings .

[@applesnicolle5144]

@@spmoran4703 / Wrong! Women were more respected then than now… she made women sluts & notice MW never had a happy marriage

[@olivia5419]

agree

[@olivia5419]

@@applesnicolle5144 No, women were far more sexualized back then. True, women were required to dress in a way that pretty much concealed their entire body (even ankles) because men, especially back then, were too lustful.

[@applesnicolle5144]

@@olivia5419 / I’ll take women covered up back then bc they were far more respected… ugh look at the No Class sluts of today’s Hollywood trash? Ugh look at mindless Kardashians

[@carolharris4034]

Mae West WAS a beautiful woman, and a master at self-promotion. She was WAY ahead of her time. She was charismatic.

[@peggypeggy4137]

I love when she blows smoke in everyone's faces!

[@peggypeggy4137]

@Robert Gardea Don't worry, I won't!! I don't think she really smoked in real life.

[@tamilugo3886]

Agreed that guys taste is all in his mouth ! He obviously knows nothing about beauty.

[@gracekrothchild2907]

@@peggypeggy4137 YOU'RE right. Mae West never smoke,or drink. Mae West only smoked in her movies. That was her secret, for living so long...💕

[@Darrigrande]

She was not only beautiful, but witty and smart!

[@truckarttinbox9644]

Watching this doc from a 2022 perspective is so freaking weird. All of these men are just taking every dig they can, from calling her unattractive or considering her desperate and "sad." She knew what she wanted and she knew the person she wanted to be. Her carrying that persona into her 80s wasn't sad, it was rebellion against people who want to see women in boxes. Really, the patriarchy runs deep. Runs deep.

[@marbleblue5127]

Robert Osborne especially!

[@BaronessErsatz]

Not so much with Rex Reed. He read her room better than most.

[@madamedellaporte4214]

She wasn't a classic beauty, no. If you saw her down the launderette without make-up and frills you probably would not look twice.

[@ebybeehoney]

I was thinking the same. She was amazing and strong!

[@valeriemarxxx]

At 52:10 “It was sad to see this terribly terribly old lady” 🙄 Are you kidding me?! God forbid a beautiful legend like Mae in her later years gets to do what she loved most: entertain and have fun! She was phenomenally beautiful until her last breath. There’s nothing wrong with an older woman having a career. She loved being Mae West and she loved her audience. Shame on some of these bitter and sexist men for their comments. Not at all respectful in the slightest.

[@ms.beatrixrabbit7313]

I think she was beautiful , sexy, vivacious... I love her. I am BAFFLED by these men saying she was big or unattractive. Smh she was neither. She proved 2 women that we could own are sexuality. That was just so badass.

[@joanodom2104]

She was MAE, and that was perfect! ❤

[@lisamariealaniz7538]

💯 agree

[@mannyhood6024]

They were homosexual hunny BC nobody wants to fk a skeleton i assure u

[@Rebecca.8590]

She sure was and they were just jealous or angry she was being herself and putting them down as that is what they did to women at the time.

[@AS-wj1du]

They were intimidated by her. She was strong

[@sixsevenstv446]

Mae West is my boyfriend's grandpa's sister. He remember sitting on her lap when he was little she was very old. He said I never told you really she was known for you know risque stuff, and I said listen she was ahead of her time she said what she wanted to say and was who she was and did what she wanted to do and I said that should be commended especially back then when everybody was so hush-hush, be proud! ❤️

[@Loomismusic]

I don't like how so many of the old dudes in this documentary keep putting her down calling her things like "desperate" and "sad", the woman was brilliant even in her old age.

[@sarapeterson4604]

YEP...JEALOUSLY....nasty boys...😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@trishmcl9055]

She had WAY too much money to ever be desperate anyway!

[@alexanicolejoel2168]

@Will Loomis YOU ARE 💯% CORRECT, AND I APPLAUD YOU.BRAVO!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@valerieriggins3184]

Women Really was Second Class or Slaves Back Then. It's Not All That Great Now.

[@angelanetherton8240]

yea that one even called her an old woman ...i was like wtf that old woman is beautiful and more of a woman than youll ever have or get in your life you pos!

[@SJ-ni6iy]

People are upset because a lot of people considered her average looking. I think it makes her even better! She was an average looking woman who was able to use what she had on the inside to become one of the most desirable women on the planet. She beat all the odds and every stereotype, in a time where this was unheard of. She is an inspiration for anyone!

[@dales.189]

In one movie she did, she was rifling through her arch nemesis's office desk drawer, and pulled out an object stating: 'Hmm, this man is so crooked he uses a corkscrew for a ruler.' Love it!

[@kimwiliams5434]

There was Mae West...and then there was everyone else. She paved the way.

[@bettyflipkowski235]

Kim Wiliams sq

[@barbaracastelli3725]

Classy and intelligent woman. What I love about her the most is her self-esteem.

[@Blonde_Somnambulist]

Born out of her time with the intelligence, charm ,guts and character, steadfastly determined to reframe the attitudes of the time. She made sex funny, challenged the hypocrisy of the male dominated entertainment industry, circumnavigated the hays code with the skillful mastery of her writing and succeeded where lesser souls would have failed. She was courageous, uncompromising and indomitable, whilst always maintaining an innate generosity towards others. She had the likeability factor, both men and women loved her. She knew how to get own way but did it with class , an honest woman on a mission, taking everyone on this amazing ride along with her . She paved the way for those such as Bette Davis who eventually won the battle with WB executives , to approve her own scripts and dictate pay terms . Mae created the conditions for Bette and other women who followed to be treated not just as commodities , but as serious artists . She was a gem 💎

[@vicval7895]

The queen of one-liners, she will always be remembered.

[@raysand2557]

"You believe in love at first sight?" Mae responds: "I don't know, but it saves an awful lot of time." LOL

[@trishmcl9055]

That was great!💕

[@hollyconger9037]

Aaahahaha.. love this one.

[@petebest22]

I believe in love at first sight with mae, cos I don't wanna waste time in pleasing her ;-)

[@erincrooke7202]

One smart lady!!! Beauty and brains!!!

[@pleasedontfeedthe6235]

Keep in mind, most of her 'pictures' she was in her 40s and 50s already! She was born in 1893. Still looking phenomenal.

[@daleholbert3111]

Before plastic surgery liposuctiona

[@randallmarsh2672]

Wish the ladies in there 40s and 50s looked half as good today

[@juanap2230]

"Yes she did" !!!

[@womensarmycorpsveteran2904]

Randall Marsh most of the ones that haven’t succumbed to plastic surgery do look very nice.

[@GeekInSequins]

As a late bloomer in my life and career, I look up to her! It's never too late to make a splash.

[@sharonallison9922]

HER FIGURE WAS PERFECT AND HER BEAUTY WAS TIMELESS......❤

[@janetcw9808]

ABSOLUTELY!

[@bbrown333]

Not to our dear Bob Osborne.

[@stutzbearcat5624]

I'm WITH YOU!! Oh if I had a time machine ... !!!

[@taffykins2745]

You're funny! She was fat and short! We loved who she was anyway! In fact she faught that stigma her whole life. Check it out, my friend

[@kevinreily2529]

@@janetcw9808

[@angelabender8132]

She taught us that we could age gloriously and not become sad, wrinkly old ladies at 60 or 70 She endured and maintained her sense of humour: that is the secret of living, not only existing

[@spmoran4703]

She said , " I intend to grow up disgracefully not gracefully. ' I agree.

[@petakucas7389]

Madonna could learn a thing or 3

[@evanatbri-s13]

Having sense of humour and making a joke out of yourself are two different things. She didn't get sad old lady because she was sad since her youth to begin with.

[@ward5582]

​@@evanatbri-s13 3 I

[@lauriewhite9574]

EdwwC

[@Marsena]

Dom was the perfect narrator for this documentary. He truly loved and respected her legacy.

[@ashalon8729]

I knew that was him! R.I.P Tiger

[@thechloechronicles9688]

he was one of the few actors she said almost stole a scene from her

[@SJ-ni6iy]

He really did do a great job.

[@michaelpeterson1928]

Mea West was the only Actress that actually Played Hollywood to her game and Hollywood ended up Bowing down ,Great I love hahahaha

[@joanbowden7634]

Bow to the Queen, bitches! 😆

[@pbohearn]

Considering all the other very talented women they chewed up and spit out and destroyed where do we start? Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, all those gorgeous actresses of the 30s and 40s that went into retirement at age 40 because there were no parts, exceptional women like John Crawford and Bette Davis who fought like bitches to still have parts in their later years. she’s amazing acting until she’s 80-something. good for her! It might’ve been a bit of vanity project, but who the hell cares? she needed something to do, for god sake’s. Like another amazing comedienne out of the school of vaudeville would say, “let me Telya Ernie, I’ll take a lover when I am 80 and it’s a lot easier for 20 to go in the 80s then for 80 to go into 20!“ LOL OL love her taste in men LOL. P a. Probably the first female started to embrace her gay audience and very forward thinking around sexuality even biracial which at that time was downright dangerous.

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

And gave middle finger, figuratively, of course, to all the old men in censores...to much of fellow women (and homosexuals) at the times, giggles.

[@eltondennie6114]

The great barbara stantwck got a great part as a middle age actress in the role playing mother in big valley.my favorite betty hutton said on the phil donahue show.was a actress is pass 40 its over.

[@candicemrubio9753]

@@joanbowden7634 >iu

[@corneliuswashington9218]

She loved MEN..and MEN...LOVED HER BACK...and she did very well loving them...women can learn from her...

[@jolenehauck7019]

The fact that they called her figure maternly is hysterical! She was gorgeous!

[@40h66]

Exactly

[@kelvinstewart7953]

This is also a time when a full figured woman with curves wasn't viewed as sexy. Even in 2022, it is still a struggle for woman with curves to be seen as beautiful. I can only imagine what the struggle was back then. But yes, Mae West was gorgeous and definitely opened the door for women to embrace their sexuality and proud of it. It absolutely shows when a woman is confident in herself how amazing it is.

[@corazoncubano5372]

@@kelvinstewart7953 I would say women with curves are in right now. If it wasn't so many women would not be spending large amounts of money to add artificial big breasts or big artificial butts to their bodies.

[@unknown-lf6zx]

I agree. I love her and she looked great

[@thomashernandez8700]

Almost no waist. And that's WITH a 1930s girdle. Matronly is correct!

[@carolynfranklin1447]

She always had a good word for everyone, not a mean bone in her body. She was a class act.

[@julianakleijn9254]

Lol unless u were a girl in her chorus line or another girl in Hollywood lol. No problem loving Mae West but let’s not LIE about who and what she was

[@akrenwinkle]

@@julianakleijn9254 You mean the thing about her being the only blonde in a scene, and surrounding herself with women who weighed more than she did? True, and a lot of her publicity art was obviously photoshopped. (They called it airbrushing then.) But there are things that people don't want to know, or they like to exaggerate. The folklore about her buying The Ravenswood, for example.

[@thirabx6954]

Mae Is that a rocket in your pocket. What a Line. I love her

[@seeleygirl6178]

Did you know her?

[@toniatchison3678]

This lady was and always will be my favorite actress. She had balls enough to be what she wanted, regardless of what the censors decreed.

[@lorettanericcio-bohlman567]

Or iron ovaries

[@catspaw3092]

The way she treated men she did it with style & class & she behaved like a lady she would tell the feminists & the Karens today that treating men like dogs will get them nowhere.

[@joanodom2104]

@@catspaw3092 I've been feminist since the seventies and none of my contemporaries despise men. We only resent misogynist men AND women. You apparently "educated" yourself on feminism by listening to Fox and/or Limbaugh. You should actually get to know a feminist. Women ought to raise other women up, in my opinion.

[@lisamariealaniz7538]

Yes 👍

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

​@@joanodom2104hear..hear...feminist of the 90s gen, i dont know how Fox and Limbaught became voice of feminism? Where the hell these misandrist comes from?

[@Ladybhive71]

"When im good I'm very good but when bad i'm better"❤

[@taralang8854]

this woman was so ahead of her time, she was independant, took no guff from anyone and she was strong,she supported the gay communities at a time when you did not, and she was a buisness woman and through it all she had class, she was i think one of the first divas i love mae west she was awesome.

[@sandrapatterson2916]

And here we are in 2020, still loving Mae West!

[@Darrigrande]

So do I!

[@fugirider5531]

Yep

[@ianfromtheotherside5795]

We always have

[@sandrapatterson2916]

@@ianfromtheotherside5795 And always will.

[@Not2Sleezy]

She was a Badd Bish 💯

[@ceeemonaee6579]

the things they were saying about her pissed me off😞 she was beautiful and curvy and funny and stood for civil rights rip gorgeous mae 💙

[@jonnyq680]

Stop wasting your energy. We know what a REAL WOMAN is. They want to, but may never will...

[@jmcharles6916]

She's not pretty and no hot body but very talented. Reminds me of Lady Gaga

[@missymarie2698]

I misread that at the end- I thought it read, rip gorgeous male.

[@Amc933]

Yes, they are being nasty, really. And who is Rex Reed to talk???????

[@stephaniebrooks8044]

A boss!!!

[@stephaniewood9608]

As a young teenager when I seen her. Ms. May. West was something else. She She spoke her mind And she did her walkI really enjoyed her

[@taffykins2745]

😄 sweet! How old are you now? I never saw her when she was so popular. I must be a lot younger than you! Tell me what it was like when you were a teen! I'd like to know! How fun! 👍😄

[@RememberRox]

"we're intellectual opposites" "what do you mean?" "Well I'm intellectual, and you're opposite" OMG!! haha

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

Ruthless ahaha

[@ruthiemspangenberg3363]

Lmao!! That was one of my favorite!!!! Hahhaha! Ya just gotta love that woman!! My new idol!! Lol

[@luvsupreme]

This was always a favorite line of hers. Gold!

[@sandyg.8318]

Funny and witty as hell

[@winterbirds8022]

What a witty way to tell someone they are stupid..lol

[@cherielaukka9710]

Mae West would of been such gas to hangout with. Afternoon out for coffee & a laugh with the girls. Her line about mirrors on the ceiling in her bedroom, She says "I like to see how I'm doing" that is priceless.

[@Elena-er7zp]

except she didn’t really befriend girls so nice fantasy

[@thebtchthathikes1008]

@@Elena-er7zp understandable. There is no sisterhood.

[@natekey3279]

After watching may west storie,is not that she was ahead of her time, this is who she is !!,god gave her that personality, so we all could see it, and talk about it today , and have a opinion, a conversation, a thought, what he creates is beyond are imagination, its his world !, we just live in it...she was great🙂

[@cristinafisher2565]

A Legend. Liked her singing She was petite, like a stick of Dynamite

[@romystumpy1197]

@@Elena-er7zp very true, im not a fan of hers, she was very ordinary looking, not sexy and think she looked awful when older touting the same spiel

[@bnk091182]

Fan: "Won't you tell us where you're stopping on tour?" MW: "I'm stoppin' at nothin' . . ." I. Love. Her.

[@royrodriguez1978]

I admire Mae West for her spirit, it doesn't grow old. Our bodies do and she did her best to give it her best. God bless her! Thanks for doing it your way.

[@andrewforte3852]

There is nothing more POWERFUL than a WOMAN determined to RISE! - Dorothy Dandridge

[@dannij7081]

"Some of the wildest men makes the BEST pets."-Yesss Mae was the Queen 👑.

[@geoffreyfox9801]

Mae West was brilliant. She created her persona. Her comic timing was impeccable. She lived life on her terms. She was smart, wise, and funny. Those who knew her personally described her as a kind and generous friend. David O' Selznick offered her the part of Belle Watling in "Gone with the Wind". She would have been terrific with Gable. However, Mae told Selznick, " It's Scarlett O'hara or nothing!"

[@tcharleston81]

She was sort of diluted and ego-centric. Mae West as Scarlet, are you kidding me? She's a Watley.

[@alexanicolejoel2168]

@@tcharleston81 AND YOU ARE IN NEED OF MEDICAL HELP❗️

[@alexanicolejoel2168]

@@tcharleston81 AND YOU ARE A DUMBASS❗️

[@lotuslotus6610]

@@tcharleston81 projecting ur own insecurities on a once successful dead woman ? You don't look good honey

[@larapalma3744]

@@alexanicolejoel2168 no she's spot on

[@msaintpc]

She was a stone cold genius with a warm and loving heart. The world needs more personalities like hers.

[@TheRetroWoman80]

Anybody, at that time or currently, who refuses to be governed by any rules but their own, no matter what backlash they receive, impress me greatly. Go Mae West!

[@glamdolly30]

Hear, Hear! She was a very impressive lady, huge respect is due!

[@nancycrockett3444]

Curvy too with real Breasts & not Pencil Thin....This is how Real Women Looked 😍❤

[@trevormichael4906]

@@nancycrockett3444 all biological women look like “real women”, no need to be rude to slender women by insinuating they are lesser than voluptuous ones ✌️

[@AngelaM731]

She was pretty with curves, and personality. Society's beauty standards sucks!

[@walterhines6148]

You babe. You took the words right out of my mouth. To many people are stereotypes. We need more love and compassionate people

[@idontgiveafaboutyou]

All healthy body sizes are beautiful

[@walterhines6148]

@@idontgiveafaboutyou thank you. Enjoy you day

[@walterhines6148]

Thanks babe. Have many happy time

[@walterhines6148]

Thanks babe. Have many great times

[@annelliot3330]

She was awesome and way before her time. She paved the way for so many. Rest in Peace, Ms. West. You are remembered.

[@Redhead77]

I think it's adorable how Dom speaks of her, he's so smitten!

[@DivaClariceWilliams]

It's lovely to see. He was plainly thrilled to meet a living legend.

[@ardkoroz9344]

She aged beautifully! She was in control and especially back then I believe was genius

[@dorabarkley6335]

Mae West was one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood - she was the whole package , beautiful, stacked and smart as a whip - definitely one of my favorites

[@karenfitzsimmons1634]

Nobody seems to mention Mae’s singing voice I think it’s fabulous

[@spmoran4703]

Very bluesy I love voices like that.

[@gus4u2c]

She did music with Jazz Legend Duke Ellington

[@antoinepageau8336]

I'm a child of the 70's and I remember using the expression "I'm not Mae West but I'll do my best" she lives on.

[@terencejay8845]

'It's not the men in your life, it's the life in your men'...

[@Aaronbell-je7bj]

Yep

[@zapperbunny1]

Terence Jay “If you don’t like my peaches honey don’t shake my tree”

[@michaelturnbough9426]

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[@christerhummelstedt9708]

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[@christerhummelstedt9708]

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[@estelaparham9450]

I loved Mae West. I watched all her movies and loved the way she talked. Beautiful actress. May she Rest In Peace

[@trishmcl9055]

I'll be damned!! Five feet tall? I thought she was almost 6!! Dang she could walk well on 9 freaking inch heels!! And she didn't drink or smoke? I'm impressed!

[@bubblybubbles4023]

You have to give us little women some credit.🤣

[@bellabelisarius7049]

@@bubblybubbles4023 OMG I just loved your comment. You are so funny.

[@bellabelisarius7049]

@@bubblybubbles4023 OMG I love your comment. You are so LMAO. Very original.

[@lsimon343]

That’s why she looked so good in her 50s and beyond !! Look at the great beauties Ava Gardner , and Lana turner, they aged horribly from drink and smoke. Mae was doin it looking great til the end!

[@harletterider9658]

she smoked...

[@cyndjop]

It's almost 100 yrs after her success. Guts and brains. One of a kind! The jealous critics in this interview who disrespected her in her senior years made me sick to my stomach.

[@sxippydennison3577]

Mae was gorgeously voluptuous, and more importantly she had cunning wit, great tongue & cheek humor, and an intellectual business acumen to sell her larger than life persona to the public. Whatever these men's ideas of what beauty truly is, they're blind to all facets she had.

[@kathleenmcgill5781]

Didn't accept the other stuff so I'm doing it again with the microphone. All this seems foreign to me, Irish immigrants raise polish believe it or not. Was'grandfather's into the into the American association of sex educators counselors and therapists AASECT. IN THE SEVENTIES HAD RAPE CASES BUT FATHERS BY FATHERS SORRY USING A MICROPHONE AND STEPFATHERS THERE WAS NOTHING IN SEX BOOKS THEN. Now I know what I would do but I pray that those cases got that they need somewhere they needed somewhere God bless

[@leeleeturn]

As a straight woman, she just seems adorable to me! She seems one of those people who is so likeable that she doesn't arouse jealousy despite all her success financially and romantically.

[@pbohearn]

leeleeturn exactly. The only people that are really going to not like her are very uptight judgemental people who have problems with their own sexuality. I think most women would not feel threatened by her I think they might admire her, certainly would enjoy her company. And the men; of course! And the gays; of course! So where do the lesbians stand on Mae?

[@dr.science9505]

Who knows of she was straight or a woman.

[@pbohearn]

Dr. Science c’mon up and we can settle the matter...Mmmm...

[@SJanez91]

For someone who started in Hollywood in her 40s, she looked damn good! Even at 55, she was giving the women in their 20s a run for their money!

[@GO-eo8kg]

I love her sense of humor, and her presence! 😆💖

[@caidyc]

Recently a young man on a rafting trip in Ireland referred to his life vest as a Mae West. Now THAT‘S longevity.

[@newenglandgirl9523]

When I learned how to sky dive, a double inflated (not a big smooth full arc) parachute is called a "Mae West". Actually it is very dangerous for the sky diver!!!

[@Papa-tn3vn]

@@newenglandgirl9523 In the U.S. Navy we also referred to the old lifejacket as the "Mae West" ;-)

[@rik4369]

When I joined the Marines in 1977, we called it the same thing.

[@britannia5370]

"Is that a gun in your pocket or are you happy to see me?".. Isnt that brilliant and cheeky?

[@jonnyq680]

and immortal

[@janicecook1066]

Lol, what a Line, I Love it!

[@dlwhite1965]

"Is that a banana in your pocket or are you just happy to see me"

[@akrenwinkle]

@à la claire fontaine When Mae and Raquel Welch made "Myra Breckinridge" together, Mae did everything she could to diss Raquel. One way, really old school, was to make hash out of Raquel's name, like you did. Mae referred to her as Rachel Walsh or other mistakes, as if Raquel was a nobody, an unknown. "A real star wouldn't have taken that role," Mae proclaimed.

[@jayellevanderschoor1786]

That was the best!

[@johnnyray88]

Mae West laughed at them all on her way to the bank.

[@mariaclark6313]

Mae was incredible. She called her own shots, liberated far ahead of time when women were encouraged to be more subservient. She's a role model to all women. Why not write your own material and speak your mind. She was phenomenal.

[@benitagray8287]

Lovely Actress Today she would still be her self and MORE!!!!

[@rvegas81]

I was shocked at Robert osbourne. Even SNL picked up on this lol

[@tula1433]

While I agree. Many women called Mae West “filth” “trash” “explicit” so women also kept the status quo going back then. Not just men.

[@pouglwaw5932]

@@tula1433 Oh yes ! Women called her "shameless" and reviled her for being so explicit about something that "should always be kept hidden"- Sex !

[@abezue]

My grandmother used to call me Mae West. I miss her so much and anytime I hear something about her I think of my grandmother.

[@nelixsulu6201]

Ha! That’s funny cause my mom used to call me Bette Davis when I was little! (Because of how overdramatic I was)

[@Salena905]

To be honest I never saw any of her films, so watching this was a great chance to see what all the fuss was about. She was an incredible woman, beautiful funny and intelligent, and she shown the men how to do their job, as she was so much better at doing it than they were. A truly inspirational woman. They say she hid herself away and was a prisoner, but maybe she wanted to be that way, not everyone wants to be around lots of people, it doesn't mean they are a prisoner in their own home. Mae, we'll always love you girl, you'll never be forgotten. Thanks so much for this documentary

[@stephaniebrooks8044]

Check out one of her movies. Mae was a boss!!

[@Salena905]

@@stephaniebrooks8044 thanks I will have to 👍

[@jimmyjoejeeter2366]

Sally, if you get a chance watch her movie "I'm no Angel" It really good! Your library should have it on dvd.

[@Salena905]

@@jimmyjoejeeter2366 Thanks Jimmy I will look out for it to see if I can watch it. 👍😊

[@parisjej]

All I do is hide myself in my house and practice on doing what I love. I like being with ppl sometimes but I really love spending time with me. If I do go out I don’t mind going by myself as well😇 I love Mae West personality, she had drive and a way she wanted to live her life. She lived long and she did it without needing to be a wife. Mae was in her own little world, she engulfed her whole state of being into who she wanted to be, she was a genius!! 😍😍I’mma discipline myself and work hard like that bc her ambition and drive was unmatched back then❤️

[@LIZZIE-lizzie]

"They" do not consider MAE WEST as a Blonde Bombshell. MAE WEST "WAS" THE BLONDE BOMBSHELL.

[@botticellichick6393]

I so agree with you! I think she was lovely and what a figure. You're right, she was a bombshell blonde. ❤

[@Spiderman7Bob7]

The original BLONDE BOMBSHELL was Jean Harlow. Not Mae West.

[@botticellichick6393]

@@Spiderman7Bob7 Jean Harlow was gorgeous woman. All we said is that Mae was A blonde bombshell but everyone has their favs 🤩

[@aprilshelton9355]

Robert Anderson Jean Harlow is my grandmothers cousin. And yes, Jean actually was considered the First real ‘bomb shell’ . Both women are nostalgic and interesting

[@waynethomas1726]

Yes, THE blonde bombshell.

[@elmowatson541]

What a great sense of humour and easy going manner Mae West had. Even in her 80s here; she is one fantastic, sharp-minded and sweet lady.

[@LusciousTwinkle]

They are all talking about her like she was some plain Jane....or worse, a hideous old matron. She wasnt...She was beautiful and sexy....Venus - the mother, the lover, the queen. There was just a different aesthetic back then.

[@santyclause8034]

They were all starch and stuffed shirts. She loved to light a blowtorch in a stuffed shirts face and let 'em feel the burn. She railed against their holier-than-thou chides and insincere hypocrisy.

[@marilyndresser2377]

Very true insight💯

[@moodylittleowl]

but thats part of her legacy! she was not by extraordinarily beautiful by any standards but she was insanely sexy because of the way she carried herself and her personality

[@mikeamico6763]

I agree Lola ,to me she was all woman gorgeous a guitar shape snd very pretty face with a sharp mind a triple threat if you will. No matter what one thinks we still talking about her lol

[@stephaniebrooks8044]

Ikr! They better recognize!! 😀

[@robrobert9541]

I have always loved Mae West. Even when I was a teenager I would watch her old movies and admire her for the independent female spirit that she exuded. My girlfriend at the time did a great impression of her, and did it often, because she knew how much I enjoyed it. RIP Mae - you were one of a kind, and that is timeless.

[@user_mac0153]

A Mae West was what floated you in the drink when your ship was sunk by german subs, or mines. It had a bouyancy bib out front which kept your head above water.

[@catalinaortoljo3523]

"One leg is Christmas, the other is New Years. Why don't you come up and visit me in between the Holidays?" 😊

[@dmoneyd2010]

Mae W was smooth, classy and gifted, every line she spoke was like gold 💘

[@archivistsethia9594]

I dont understand why they keep repeating that they couldnt take her seriously because she was 'oversized' and 'not very pretty'. I think she is incredibly gorgeous and she exudes it from the inside AND out.

[@hannah3146]

Archivist Sethia I know her body was similar to Marilyns and Jane Mansfield

[@alexwilde1975]

Archivist Sethia they are talking about studio standards not their own personal taste.

[@nmutuasehtam5542]

Exactly!!!!! It's driving me insane! 😲😲😲

[@vampiraJ]

It’s more one guy ya, but he was ticking me off the whole time too!

[@LittleImpaler]

She was not oversized

[@ShanteeHaynes]

"She wasn't particularly pretty, she didn't have a good figure..." ...old girl had swag, that goes a loooong way

[@Janellabelle]

Plus, she actually was pretty and did have a good figure! Lol

[@trishmcl9055]

@@Janellabelle I think she kinda hid just how nice her figure was in order to get by the censors.

[@nicolesimon6396]

@@Janellabelle thats what am saying dude tripping

[@seilove7044]

Exactly !!!

[@britannia5370]

But she had sex appeal and wit....beauty without those is shallow...

[@theboredprogrammer1114]

I wish she's alive during our time and active on social media...that would be great and funny. Plus I love how she is displaying sexuality as something powerful and fun.

[@jaimicottrill2831]

TheBoredEngineer omg, can you imagine the tweets she would send out. They would be epic!

[@jackanthony976]

Mae West would never lower herself do be active on social media.

[@AntajuanGrady]

she's sort of alive through Lady Gaga

[@dw999]

@Bored: Follow Bette Midler on Twitter -- that's about as close as you can get.

[@tonantzintalavera]

Well... we have Bette!

[@garneauweld1100]

When I was a young kid watching classic movies on channel 11 in St. Louis, I remember seeing Mae West acting and singing. I didn't know what to make of her except that she was distinctive. Now that I'm older, I understand. Without question, Mae West is an American institution.

[@jhaychylla]

Well, here we are in 2019 and I STILL love Mae West.

[@mrs.pindlechlopper6455]

Thi.ng l liked about her as saying goes, she. Would. give the shirt off her back, she fought for black actors , her creativity andstyle were bar none !

[@mrs.pindlechlopper6455]

There's not another !

[@mrs.pindlechlopper6455]

She was ageless and timeless . Most women don't understand the power of the mind what you think is what you are

[@mrs.pindlechlopper6455]

The men that knew her must have known that she knew the secret of arresting time we women of our day don't grasp her uniqueness. I think the men in life did!

[@mrs.pindlechlopper6455]

I once read an article that l found to be incredably trueWomen that are born with all the right stuff don't keep it because in taking it for granted they do nothing to keep it so they loose it but the ones that werent so perfect work at it have a game plan they work at it this surpass there drop dead gorgeous friends. But even at that the inside is far more. Important and can make a georgeous woman look ugly

[@venetteschafer5416]

Her famous line "is that a gun in your pocket or ya just glad to see me?"

[@roseamberzine5846]

Mae West has always been my favorite actress. I was very asthmatic as a child so I got home schooled sometimes. After finishing my schoolwork Mama would let me watch whatever Mae West movies were on and later in life recorded them on VCR tapes for me. My older sisters thought Mae West movies were inappropriate for a little kid but I was fascinated by Mae West's style, her walk and her spunk.

[@sharonstromley9350]

Mae West had a huge stage presence. In reality, physically, MW was just under 5' tall and wore towering high heels. The way she dressed, moved, spoke were all her! An original, she copied no one and was brave enough to recognize her own uniqueness. She was most certainly, one-of-a-kind! Mae owned property around Burbank when it was not developed, acres of the valley and recognized the land's profitability long before others were buying. She was an incredible business woman, very wealthy with ahead-of-her-time business acumen. Amazing!

[@glamdolly30]

What a simply magical woman! Funny, feisty, free and fabulous. She had a huge heart and took no shit from anyone. We need more strong, sassy women like Mae in this world - God bless her, thanks to film her magic lives on. There's a sweet interview she gave to Dick Cavett here on You Tube in which he asks her about her late mother. Mae was quite elderly at this point and she talks about how much she adored her mum and how much her mum adored her - she is clearly emotional. It's very touching. I think maybe Mae's wonderful confidence and self belief must have come from her mother's love.

[@deboraharroyo2794]

glamdolly20 I want to be Mae when I grow up real swagger

[@thelmaladerberg7919]

glamdolly20 vfdtj

[@dukethomas95]

Proof you don't need to because size 0 to be sexy

[@Miss_NatashaO]

She had confidence, and it went a long way!

[@JonHeckendorf]

I was 8 or 9 years old when I saw my first Mae West movie on television. I was mesmerized throughout the movie and I came away falling in love with her sexiness, her beauty, her body, her talent and her wit. Those one liners and the way she used her eyes was special and one of a kind. She was as unique as they come. What a woman. I am sorry to have never met her in real life. I was shocked when I heard of her death. Rest In Peace Mae West, Rest In Peace Mary Jane West you are still missed by many.

[@jenniferkleczka4062]

Ossajairo unbeknown grow up

[@bettyofberkeleyva]

Jennifer Kleczka - I think, unfortunately, he is incapable of growing up. Not enough brain cells are available.

[@Wise-Lady-La-Aura]

" Why don't you come up and see me sometime?" Said in a flirtacious, temptingly fun manner is a classic Mae West line still recognizable today! I was thrilled to come across this interesting and important collection of Mae West clips. It was comforting and delightful to see Dom Deluise again, talking and joking in his unique way. I am happily surprised to learn that Rex Reed is still alive. People still refer to a certain type of performance as a "Mae West Style" I was an actress in Godspell, a few years ago, I played the role of Mary Magdelene and that role requires the actor to sing "Turn Back, Oh Man". The Press critic wrote a review (they used my real name, though) that said " A petite and lively La La.... Belts out a Mae West style "Turn Back , Oh Man". There you go, they still compare actresses to Mae West. Love this lady! She is an iconic sex symbol and a one of a kind. This new generation will produce someone like her in the next 10 or so years. The world needs it!

[@peggywelty5139]

Glad she had guts to stand up for herself and what she wanted out of life and got it.

[@odysseus325]

This lady was way ahead of her time, I always said it, I was born in the wrong era.... Love her innuendos, and a savvy business women... I'm here thinking that Madonna paved the way for women to be more daring, was I way off... She broke the censorship of those times... Now I got to see her movies... I have heard of her because of one her famous lines, why don't you come up and see me sometime, but not like this... She is one of my favorite now... She cracks me up... Hands down Ms. West you have a new admirer here... Thanks for posting....

[@rosaliastamatakos2498]

Odysseus Duran said

[@TheTibmeister]

Odysseus Duran To get the same effect Madonna has to take her clothes off. It’s demeaning. Madonna should rent herself a dvd player and a box set.

[@mejustme479]

I remember when she died, it was a shock, because she wasn't in the news a very long time. Like Zha-Zha Gabor.. A total shock when she died. God Bless Mae West! 💖

[@lalajohnson7194]

When you listen to her responses during interviews, you can tell she is very quick witted and intelligent. Even though she was beautiful, she's proof of how a great personality will always shine bright.

[@rebekahdavis5935]

I wish people would have made secret movies where Mae West could have said and done everything she wanted and they could have released it to secret paying audiences similar to what they did during prohibition. I would love to see an unfettered Mae West. What a strong wonderful lady! Confidence goes a loooong way

[@kiwitrainguy]

There is a chance that at least some of the footage that was removed from her movies still exists in a film vault somewhere. All we need is for someone to find it and upload it to KZbin.

[@Angellady11]

They did.

[@alexanicolejoel2168]

I'LL TRY ANYTHING ONCE, TWO IF I LIKE IT AND THREE TO MAKE SURE, MAE WEST!!!!!!

[@pbohearn]

ALEXA NICOLE JOEL Another Mae Bonmot!

[@rickeyricardomatthews2147]

The men commentators on this platform Doesn't know the taste of a woman How can you make stupid comments about her figure She was beautiful.These never had pussy since pussy had them

[@saminabinet]

“When choosing between two evils, I always choose the one I haven’t tried yet.”

[@Erika-be9hq]

This was an awesome documentary. Ms. Mae West was fearless, talented and beautiful.

[@caroleann_2142]

She made Carey Grant a Star... My Great Grandmother was as Spunky, When she became a widow at 50 but remarried a man 15 yrs her Junior, She passed away at 97 in 1973. What a Darling she was, so bold so brave.

[@imanigabbana6629]

She was actually 87 years old when she died in 1980

[@MrWillHughes]

​@imanigabbana6629 they meant their grandmother passed away in 1973. 😊