Stunning MAE WEST sexy dancing 1940's

The glamorous Mae West creates an outrageously funny situation dancing the jitterbug from the film.. "The Heat's On" 1943.

[@eugeniaskelley5194]

Wow, she was 50 years old when she made this. They say women were washed up back then when they hit 30. She certainly was a woman way ahead of her time.

[@sup393]

She didn't make a movie till she was 40

[@Naebody99]

They were so desperate to pull her down, too. All the worst stuff people have to say about her seems to be about how she refused to see herself as an old, washed-up lady.

[@salmabeevi1987]

Thatz actually awesome..🔥🔥

[@marshahall3059]

My grandfather was terrific looking even until he died at nearly 94. I don't know how the subject of Ms West came up but he struggled to describe her, finally saying she was fat, really, but he and his friends had always thought she was fantastic.

[@yaoliang1580]

​@@marshahall3059it's about her sheer presence n towering personality. She also has great gallantry n refused to accept any role that do not display her unique style to the utmost even in her eighties. The days of the great Hollywood sirens are a thing of the past as the times have changed. Fortunately they still survive in those preserved old movies

[@SirParcifal]

Mae West had Marilyn Monroes body with GROUCHO MARX's sense of humor - she was a Brooklyn Bombshell of a genius ! I would have love to have met her!

[@PhDrSeuss]

Well said 😊

[@afrilifewealth8743]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mrporsche4236]

She did not have marylin Monroes body not even close

[@RM-pf3wd]

She literally has a comeback answer for everything, shes just sensational

[@aprilfederspiel]

Strong, feminine, funny & classy!! No one else in Hollywood could carbon copy her!!

[@neildickson5394]

It's hard to believe she's over 50 here, no other star kept their dewy youthful quality like she did.

[@rolanfitzgerald2580]

I never would have thought she was over 50 she looks at the most late 30s

[@junegiovanni6475]

Neil Dickson yeah she started her career in 1930s in her 40s, she started her career late in life, but she continued doing movies up to the end. She left the movies 1950s and 1960s and made a comeback in the 1970s and passed away at age 88 in 1980. She was ahead of her time. She is from Brooklyn and we all talk like her, except she has a different way of talking. My aunt's and talk like her sometimes and they have that tough persona personality. And that vibe. We call it the Brooklinions talks. I grew up in Brooklyn. She started off in vaudeville, that's like Broadway before Broadway and before there was movies or slient films back in the 1900s.

[@valerieehrlich1500]

+June giovani is it true Mae West owned a brothel

[@junegiovanni6475]

VALERIE Ehrlich I don't think she owned a brothel, she attended a brothel also marlene dietrich, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, also went to the same brothel called one two two, named after it's address 122 rue de Provence.

[@junegiovanni6475]

VALERIE Ehrlich The brothels combined the lure of private pleasures with chic bars and restaurants for party-goers, attracting stars such as Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Mae West and Marlene Dietrich - whose favourite was the One Two Two, named after its address at 122 rue de Provence. Photographer Robert Doisneau shot a series of elegant bedrooms and four-posters in the "One Two Two", which offered couples a musketeers' room, an African room, a pirate's room, a chamber of mirrors, and, like most of the high-end brothels, a torture chamber. Writer Marcel Proust, whose taste was for men, joined other financiers in investing in two of the city's specialist brothels for men. The houses generally turned a good profit and some of its owners were crème de la crème society people. On the cultural front, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who spent much of his time in and drew his inspiration from the Paris brothels, offered Le Chabanais 16 paintings depicting male and female centaurs for the Pompeii room. Along with crops for spanking and erotic door-knockers, a large old-fashioned wooden box fitted with lenses known as a stereoscope is on show. It enabled patrons to view pictures of the girls on offer. In most houses, tokens rather than cash were used to avoid problems. Canet has meticulously scoured the lost world of the brothels for the show and for a book, which will cover everything from its lingerie, to its tokens, literature and specialist painters and photographers. "I can tell from the backdrop now which photographer took which picture, even when there is no name," she said. "And I've discovered there were probably only five men in Paris who posed for photographers specialising in men." After collecting old erotic photos and selling them at a Paris flea market stand when she gave up life as a cabaret artiste, Canet - "by chance", she says - opened her gallery opposite the site of Le Chabanais a decade ago. "I love going back in time, discovering the stories behind the pictures," said Canet, who has walked the city checking addresses on old documents. "It is the work of an archaeologist," she said The one item missing from her collection is a copy of the famed Guide Rose, or Pink Guide, a slim pocket-size list of establishments of pleasure "in Paris, the Provinces, the Colonies". "I know two old grandfathers who have copies, but they won't sell. They're rare and people just won't part with them."

[@kristinscarbrough-birge82]

I watched a documentary on her.....anyway, the commentator said, “she wasn’t that pretty & didn’t have much going for her as far as her body shape” or something like that........WTH!?! She had everything going for her and sauce to top it off! She was/is awesome & the definition of cool, baby😎🖤💋

[@aquariusrising7019]

I think her star quality radiated more from her personality, wit and confidence. She WAS average looking tho well maintained in glamour, but that wasnt why people adored her. She was a woman who always came out in top and made us laugh while doing so. ❤

[@michaelhatcher5264]

Was the commentator blind. She had a dynamite body

[@glong86]

I saw that documentary, that guy was being super caddy like a jealous high school teenage girl. He wouldn't know sexy if it walked up and sat in his lap.

[@paolamura3497]

She was stout and not pretty...tons of makeup and glamorous clothes would make anyone look better...so stop being hypocrites...and about "class" lets leave it there..

[@neurodiverseintrovert9238]

@@paolamura3497 Envious granny

[@gigigodzilla2166]

"It's not the men in my life, it's the life in my men". Got to love that one!!

[@gillyjames9609]

She was and always will be pure dynamite! 💜

[@deborahscott678]

When asked what type of man should I marry. She said honey leave the married men alone there are plenty of single men to choose from. 😅

[@jimredwine919]

That's Victor Moore. You have to see him in "It happened on 5th Ave." to appreciate him. Love Mae.

[@H.pylori]

I thought I recognized that voice but could not place him. Thanks. As I recall he was the one who occupied empty homes.

[@tgunn2034]

Beautiful dress and jewelry. Love Mae West.

[@juliecasey3283]

I'm so proud of her a big sassy girl the first to Do Things Her Way !

[@joegee6434]

I love it how she calls everyone honey 😆

[@tamarapower6553]

I call everyone Hun and I got it from her. She was so cool before anyone understood what cool was. Her mind and wit were beyond. I love her and we will miss her spirit greatly ❤️‍🔥

[@bernardfrederick9462]

She looked stunning here!

[@paulsimpson4155]

She is very beautiful here sometimes she wasn't in her movies but she is stunning here !

[@grafter8337]

Mae came over to London in 1948 to star in Diamond Lil at the Prince of Wales Theatre. While there she posed for the society photographer, Anthony Beauchamp. Her photograph appears on p.56 of his book "Focus on Fame". I have the original negative.

[@alanfoster6589]

I have a picture of her in her 20's. Much slimmer then and her portrait...pure eroticism.

[@rebeccasingleton4688]

Just a Beautiful, classy, tuff actress! I loved her voice and how she came off with those brutal honest sayings!

[@patsymillar9447]

I read her life story many years ago. It was called "Buena peel me a grape". In she says she got them sexy sashes Y from wearing her older sisters shoes, which were too big for her. So she walked like that to keep them on her feet. My favourite lie of hers is from a picture called diamond ill she walks into a nightclub and the cloak room girl says "" goodness what beautiful diamonds ". To which she replies " goodness had nothing to do with it dearly ". What a gal.

[@mimiduquette8786]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kitdinker]

Compare the classy Mae West with today's female "comedians". You're right. There is no comparison.

[@domainofthesun4400]

This is wonderful. (but ow, rude shock when it ended before I found out what she did next!)

[@timothyaustin5477]

She was ahead of her time for sure, a wonderful and beautiful woman.

[@bri5598]

I love her attitude

[@oldschool4418]

The great old day's ,Movies were cool and Funnier

[@peggysuedavis4107]

Love May West

[@eamestv]

A dame, a broad, and a lady. Love her.

[@bestcovergirls1]

There will never be another May West

[@bonita738]

Love Mae West, my homegirl from Bronx Ny

[@mchapman132]

“When I’m good, I’m very good, but when I’m bad I’m better”. Mae West

[@rickyparrilla2426]

Mae West stared in 13 movies in her career and is such a legendary icon as if she made one thousand and thirteen movies. She is one of the smartest and most bravest women to ever come out of Hollywood, and there hasn't been anyone like her since. God bless her soul always. 🙏

[@steveneast8572]

100%

[@jadoncarter3949]

@Head3555, Mae never had plastic surgery. The reason she looks different is because she was almost 50 in this film. The hair was longer and the eyebrows were thicker vs the 30 ' s when everyone wore them thin. And the makeup was different. Mae was too Cocky and self assured to think she'd ever need plastic surgery. This is the reason she turned down Hollywood blvd. She was insulted that someone would ask her to play a has been and the role then went to Gloria Swanson. Mae even in her 50 ' s thought she was as beautiful as Marilyn Monroe and Jane Mansfield and if you were around her u better had agreed or it would be off with your head.

[@TeeBeeBad63]

Jadon Carter She never smoked nor drank, probably has a lot to do with her lasting looks.

[@EliezerPennywhistler]

+Jadon Carter Give an example of "off with their heads".

[@jadoncarter3949]

Eliezer Pennywhistler Meaning u would be fired or in the least scolded for not agreeing. It was said that when you were around Mae, u were in her world. She had an all Male staff. Her body guards, drivers, assistants and secretaries were all male, and when she said something, u better had agreed or u would be banished.

[@EliezerPennywhistler]

+Jadon Carter I didn't ask for a definition. I asked for examples. A source or two would not be out of order.

[@jadoncarter3949]

Eliezer Pennywhistler Well if that's the case, then go look for it yourself. The same info that was available to me is available to u. There's several bio's, written and video that u can search for. It's funny how that's a part that sticks out to u the most, and your tone comes off as if I owe you this info. I read it, just like u can.

[@alanoneill3065]

"I wouldn't want to take something that belonged to somebody else"

[@GraveMistake1]

That dude looks like an old Jack Black.

[@comalaism]

Bobby McMinn NOT!!!!!!!!

[@valarmorghulis3773]

Bwhahahaahahahaahahahaa

[@snfu6574]

Hahaha right

[@dariowiter3078]

B McMinn His name is Victor Moore, a well-known comedic actor who is best known as the plumber who's about to remove Marilyn Monroe's big toe that was sick up the faucet of her bathtub in The Seven Year Itch(1955). 😁

[@madambutterfly7513]

Yeah he does - lol

[@michaeljackson6742]

This was late in her career, she was 50.

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

Great job on the audio syncing.

[@francinebarr1204]

She’s the Best 💋

[@timothymoynihan8063]

" I like to keep my friends in good spirits". My kinda woman.

[@tracer740]

"um, do you have any lemon squash?" "not if I can help it"

[@JSB1882]

What a lucky Victor Moore. Mae West was the best!

[@rdparr8436]

she is one og a kind

[@alexanderzaphir721]

She decided to be born....40y.old. She ...decided not to ....get older!!! Sensual,clever,unique& avant garde

[@tolget4684]

Thanks for this... I've never seen two buffalo's dance before.

[@rozchristopherson648]

I always loved Mae West in movies which I saw on tv as a kid back in the 60s and 70s. Madonna reminds me of her today. Sexy and ageless. 😃👍

[@samuelgriffin9364]

No wonder Janet Jackson imitated Mae West so good that was her idol turns out Janet Jackson is one sexy singer and dancer

[@samuelgriffin9364]

Janet Jackson portrayed Mae West as a little girl pairing up with her brothers better known as Jackson Five plus one sassiness is all Janet was perfect for

[@paacer]

Mae's star quality was her uniqueness . She defies how a female is supposed to act and talk .

[@windstorm1000]

in her later films, mae's humor was 'defanged' or rather the innuendo was mostly taken out--that's the production code for you--treating adult viewers like children.

[@NevermoreVendetta]

windstorm1000 They’re starting to do that again.

[@WesBell-l4s]

Shes the first one that started making the Jezabel spirit acceptable, in movies!

[@EliezerPennywhistler]

That's a rumba, not a jitterbug.

[@Danimaylovesyou]

Bette Midler is actually playing Mae West soon and i am absolutely buzzing!!

[@JanRossi]

+Danimay Palmer Seriously?? Wow - can't wait now!

[@Danimaylovesyou]

Yep! Hopefully they'll begin filming this year.

[@glamdolly30]

+Danimay Palmer Fantastic news! Mae West is well overdue a tribute and Bette Midler is perfect casting.

[@alaly1027]

+glamdolly20 Oh totally. They did a tv movie about her in 82. I'm getting my reeducation on Mae West and she was simply LEGENDARY.

[@alaly1027]

SQUEE!!! Gotta hit Google for any projected release dates. And Bette Mildler is PERFECT for Mae. She clearly had some inspiration from. her. Not to mention their appearance and both being New Yorkers.

[@Patrick3183]

yet to see this movie in full...

[@gwenmartinsen3979]

Patrick3183 what movie is this from.?

[@sananto6896]

Mae West's sex appeal is so powerful, all she has to do is look at you.

[@theodoremartin1525]

She was Devine.

[@kcsunshine6122]

The actor is hilarious!

[@rosyrose4620]

I never realized how much Beth Chapman (bounty hunter’s wife) looked like her!😆

[@samuelvance5674]

They could have been cousins.

[@nwdixieboy]

She needed a better co star but she looked really spectacular here, butter styled than I often see her.

[@cherylsmith7282]

She was beautiful!

[@9oh21oh]

This guy is a genius

[@resistfascism]

No one could walk like Mae.

[@samthunders3611]

She acts like she's from don't mess with me darling Brooklyn NYC I love that

[@pamelaraffel9142]

Intelligent, kind, creative and beautiful. She was one of the few studio actors who actually knew and understood the business. She used that intelligence to her advantage and didn't let the studio moguls control her every breath. She kept her cool and stayed her course. Real and true. RIP Ms. West.

[@oriraykai3610]

Say what? She brought street walker cheapness into the cinematic bedroom. Who cares what went on behind the scenes...

[@anghiggy5029]

She didn't drink, she didn't cuss, she didn't strip. I've never seen anything where she bedded a man down. Nothing anywhere close to what these nasty women do on stage nowadays.

[@theresaholguin699]

Mae West did it her way. I just read her bio and she was a smart woman. Very rich when she died from investing in many deals. She was always beautiful even in her 80's. She died at age 87

[@cantkeepmedown100]

Mae West is the definition of “Swagger”

[@NINO-mx1xh]

Say rather... sheer, repulsive volgarity.

[@nancycampbellgibson2634]

"Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?" My favorite Mae West line.

[@ceciliem1811]

I, to this day, always tell my guy that! lol

[@annmitchell4663]

I used to be Snow White....but I drifted..lol.

[@coolvoice7]

Nancy Campbell Gibson mine is, “Girls always keep a diary, and one day it will keep you” She was he mistress of the one liners🤣❤️

[@ElainebroadyBroady]

My favorite is 1+1 is 2, 2+2 is 4 and 5 will get you 10 if you know how to work it... Classic Mae, lol!!!

[@mr.greenjeans8323]

It's pistol...is that a pistol in your pocket or are you just glad to see me...come up and see me sometime

[@ricdwe]

But that walk though! Sister knew how to strut with a confidence, like no other.

[@rdavid6981]

She was very short so she wore like 8 inch heels that's what gave her that walk known as the "Mae West walk"

[@jsc5492]

High platform shoes...

[@jaygatz4335]

@@rdavid6981 You never see her shoes under those long dresses.

[@ladyphoenix9752]

May West was a Woman light years ahead of her time

[@nunyabizzz1135]

Alpha female comfortable with her sexuality.

[@clod8]

Her mother gave her advice on dealing with men, and she was from the 1890’s

[@rdavid6981]

@MorbidManMusic Again that's an old myth, she definitely was not... her features and hips a cetera not a hint of Manliness

[@kangarookids7497]

She has the same accent as Judge Judy, and the same attitude. Really like it.

[@treasure2behold282]

She was a scorcher. She handled a bad date with finesse.

[@richardsmith4187]

There will never again be a Mae West, she was one of a kind and a very sexy class act ! RIP you are still remembered and will be for a very long time.

[@yaoliang1580]

There is only one Mae West. She towers above the other Hollywood screen legends with her towering personality, unique style and dialogue

[@CS-yr5jr]

Everything she does is so elegant. She can be so lewd and yet you never think anything about it because her delivery is impeccable.

[@Proverbs--tx6yr]

I don’t see an ounce of elegance, she’s gruff for a women of that day.

[@CS-yr5jr]

@@Proverbs--tx6yr it’s not what she says, it’s how she says it. Yeah she says some things that would make someone today turn their head just to make sure they heard it right. The difference is that most people who say some off the wall stuff usually just blurt it out, but she has a way of saying it where you almost don’t catch it and then when you do it’s too late to react negatively. It’s finesse. I guess you have to appreciate the beauty of it and not dwell on the fact that she made some overtly sexual come on in a time where showing to much skin was unthinkable. It’s very elegant imo. Especially when seeing a woman break the rules and actually getting celebrated for it. Idk, that’s how I see it at least.

[@katesleuth1156]

Tough as nails.

[@CS-yr5jr]

@Jess Stone yep. That’s what I’m going to do. Clearly you and I share the same opinion. 🙄 Love that you think I’m illiterate too... and that you also call women broads. Really elegant of you...

[@sr2291]

It was considered lewd back then. Today we just think shes cute.

[@sonaturallygwen]

“Do I look like I’m a boy again?” “I didn’t know you then” Lmao nice save 😂

[@mmmc5122]

That's being gracious😄😂

[@marthadwyer2856]

Thought the same thing they say she was quickwittered

[@jillsmcfarland2001]

The demiurge Disclosure

[@christinemott2878]

Ikr

[@Daisnap]

Yes! I believe the toupee-wearing actor who wants to look like a boy again is Victor Moore who starred with Beulah Bondi in a fantastic movie called Make Way For Tomorrow about an elderly couple who must live separately with young relatives. Also stars Fay Bainter and Thomas Mitchell. I highly recommend it. That and of course any Mae West film!

[@imari2305]

In my high school year book all the seniors were asked if we could go back in time who would we want to be and why. I said I would be Mae West because she gave class and style to us full figured women. Love her!!

[@twangismythang]

Mae West was never phony... she kept it real in her work and in her life. She had a heart.

[@blackpoolbarmpot]

I love the 'Mae West' one line quips & 'put-downs'. You know they are all 'tongue-in-cheek' and never said with venom. She virtually parodies herself.

[@alankelly-hamm2702]

Always cool, never cruel. She was a true original.

[@johngerson7335]

Alan Kelly-Hamm+ Perfect observation/comment. Well put.

[@Darrigrande]

Always sexy, but never vulgar! An intelligent and classy lady!

[@mimiduquette8786]

Can't say that about many people, men or women, anymore!!

[@endor8witch]

@@Darrigrande back then this was vulgar. Only by today's standards this is tame.

[@lolitabridges4602]

The original curvy girl. Mae West was truly a class act.

[@NativeAmerican10]

There is. More than her. As a curvy. Women. There are beautiful other women that were curvy before her

[@nunyabizzz1135]

Curvy back then was a size 8. Curvy now is a 14.

[@davidbergman1232]

when she was arrested the judge said Miss West, are you TRYING to show contempt for this court? She said No, YOUR Honor, I'm trying my very best to hide it.

[@06JOHNNYBGOOD]

David, that's SUPERB love that !

[@bethetruth1842]

David Bergman 😅

[@blogshagify]

Totally stupid she was arrested. This is the land of free, right? Pfffft!

[@bethetruth1842]

Blog Shag 😅😆

[@msmltvcktl]

@@blogshagify not if you were a female playwright and actress in the 30s who wrote a play called "SEX". That was grounds for arrest for indecency back then.

[@MyLady120]

I Love Her gown. It’s gorgeous. Mae West was so beautiful.

[@coloradochinesecrest]

Mae West actually didn't make a lot of movies but she still is instilled in our memories. That's a true icon. Who today has Mae's impact?

[@0110100536]

Nobody

[@sybotrybo1609]

Madonna but she did a lot

[@Kaboomboo]

@@sybotrybo1609 Madonna is trashy. Maybe Lady Gaga but she's also got some weird tendencies. Too Avant Garde.

[@audraeden8923]

Dolly Parton

[@yaoliang1580]

The days of the great Hollywood sirens are a thing of the past as the world has changed. Joan Crawford once said, you mean people nowadays are willing to pay to see someone they can see next door reflects the changing times

[@sugarayofsunshine]

Her voice is just so unique - and I love those sweet, sweet quotes.

[@junegiovanni6475]

Ray Lehto she was from Brooklyn new york, we all have that accent, except she has more of a way of doing it, she has different voice, but me being from Brooklyn new York I have alot of mea swag in me at times and my aunts use talk like that and they all had that tough persona personality. She was ahead of her time and legend and icon.

[@EmpressLilith222]

I find her voice weird

[@Musicsification]

A female W.C.Fields

[@joey13zzzbee]

mae was so good at being lewd in good taste

[@scotnick59]

Probably the best to-the-point description of Mae ever!

[@daveyrogers7336]

She was 50 at the time of this scene. This was a time when a woman of 50 was considered over the hill to put it mildly.

[@rowendacarter8790]

She didn't look 50

[@bellagood3077]

She is 42- 45 here I think

[@daveyrogers7336]

@@bellagood3077 She was born in 1892 according to IMDB so it would make her 50 in 1943 when this was shot. Her year of birth may have been disputed when she was alive, especially by Miss West!

[@stevenrichards3699]

Just like Marlene Dietrich, in her late 40's , playing leading lady, with leading men 18 years younger than her. She could still could turn all the young men's heads !

[@nicolekatherine3870]

Gives me hope at 41 haha

[@lorilemonade6649]

"A man of forty has more charm, more poise...sometimes more money" LoL!

[@CuirPhotodotNet]

Take note PEOPLE....SEXY...WITHOUT BEING TRASHY !!!!

[@michaeljayklein500]

"Don't look now honey, but hair is skidding." Thanks for at least a brief glimpse of this almost impossible to see film--maybe it has aired on TMC at some time, but I missed it. Performers like West deserve to have all their films available, especially these days.

[@amb3347]

true!

[@blackcoffee2002]

What movie is this?

[@whorrorstories4485]

She was so gorgeous. Can you imagine having skin like that at 40? Hell I don’t have that now at 26

[@geo-george2639]

She was 50 here.

[@claudiachasman8948]

WHAT WAS HER "*SECRET*"???!!!!!!👸🌟💋💗💗💗💗💗💘💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@tonyboloni64]

Read where, from the time she was young, she shunned the sun touching her skin.

[@sherrypitts6587]

My favorite Mae West saying is, " I used to be Snow White but I drifted!"

[@wanaraz]

And she did!

[@yaoliang1580]

Remember her, stop talking about the six feet and discuss about the seven inches

[@marshahall3059]

I didn't know that one!😉

[@miapdx503]

Wow, I think she was amazing, she possessed a beauty all her own. She did not fit the cookie cutter image of what others thought beauty should be. Earthy, witty, elegant, she combined some very different qualities and brought them together lyrically. It's a joy to see her, whether she's acting, singing, dancing or talking. We just don't see unique these days.

[@alicehallam7949]

She was unique. She befriended homosexual male entertainers, and entertainers of color, and stuck up for them very publicly, at a time when they were not allowed to perform in the more well-known theatres and clubs, due to segregation and homophobia.

[@alicehallam7949]

@@CaitlinBurt She was amazing and some of the greatest things she did were private efforts on behalf of downtrodden friends. She had considerable power for a woman of her day, and I wish there was more written about her life.

[@rayarena879]

@@alicehallam7949 Not only did she befriend entertainers of color, but she actually had a long term relationship with a black boxer.

[@alicehallam7949]

@@rayarena879 Hadn't heard that and ever saw a biography on her. Maybe one day someone will write it?

[@rayarena879]

@@alicehallam7949 Here look at this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_JonesJones performed some training duties from the mid- to late 1940s until the 1970s, working with Milo Savage, Johnny Wells, Irish Bob Murphy, and later with Suey Welch's boxer Gil King during the early 1970s. Jones served in WWII. In the 1950s, he taught boxing at the Boys Club in Watts. After the war, he worked for Mae West, whom he had known since he was 22, becoming her boyfriend, chauffeur and bodyguard. West was his employer, friend and supporter until her death in 1980. Jones suffered from failing eyesight in his later years from diabetes.[21][22]

[@positiveproton6406]

This scene is so cute, such a kind character and it makes her look even more beautiful ❤️

[@schplengie1]

"Oh, don't worry... Napoleon made this himself before I met his waterloo..." amazing.

[@mimiduquette8786]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@H.pylori]

I still can't understand why the censors did not block her films. Perhaps her risque lines were so subtle that they flew over the heads of the censors.

[@maximcypher3109]

that is why a lot of movies were great in the 30/40s for their dialogue..superb use of the double entendre, which was allowed because it wasn't overt...most kids wouldn't pick up on it. Im not sure on all the history though...there was probably backlash to some extent, and producers and studios paying journalists to write scathing pieces to ruin the credibility of some actors.

[@Frank-mm2yp]

Mae West originally became famous in live theater productions. She was already in her 30s when she got to Hollywood. She missed being labeled the "#1 Hollywood Blonde Bombshell" because that PR title went to Jean Harlow who, although younger than Mae, had been making hit movies before Mae arrived in "tinsel town". By the 1940s she was becoming an aging caricature of herself and her popularity waned. She was replaced by younger "Goddesses of the Silver Screen". But not to worry. She had apparently made wise business investments and went back on the road with her live shows; including her infamous "muscle men" chorus boys. She was a popular fixture on many TV shows. She also made a movie "come back"(of sorts) appearing in "MYRA BRECKENRIDGE"(1970) with Raquel Welch, and in '"SEXTETTE"( 1978) her final film which, for some reason, also included Ringo Starr(?) in the cast. She had long and interesting life and is a show biz icon.

[@rosemiller2075]

Note that she DIDN'T drink! Look how great she looked, and she even said her secret to staying so hot/beautiful was avoiding alc

[@kathleenmacellis751]

There will NEVER be another Mae West !

[@shanenolan85]

I read a fee chapters of a bio on her and didn't know she was financially savy. She invested a lot if her earnings in Real Estate and Artwork to preserve and grow her wealth. She also wrote, starred, and sang many of her works. Great business gal 💯💍👑

[@yola2345]

Would you believe she was 50 years old.

[@comalaism]

yola2345 What is 50 supposed to look like?

[@Darrigrande]

+yola2345 She look gorgeous!

[@apartmentsixeleven4093]

+comalaism slightly sagging jowls, neck skin getting much thinner, middle section thickening, crows feet, breasts a few inches lower. About like that.

[@Darrigrande]

+Demolitionman78 But yout can deny that she looks very sexy!

[@brainsareus]

+Carlos Jorge Stöckel stumpy ass hott,ya'll....!!

[@ceciliem1811]

Mae West, was the "It Girl" She had style, personality and beauty! She took care of herself and it showed! I love her movies! 👍❤👍

[@jamesdunn9714]

Mae West walks with a feminine strut.

[@janepoultney5207]

I heard the walk was because she wore huge platform shoes, almost like stilts, because she wanted to look taller.

[@deeannemason7003]

She was a little thing and wore platform shoes with high heels. Gave her that great sexy walk!

[@nahmaninisithole2734]

Some girls got it, some girls don't.

[@crunchyribcage5596]

I love the way she carries herself , the way she talks and her cool accent lol

[@jerryfiler372]

she was a true lady and when i was a young kid she was a movie legend and she always looked so young even in her eighties she looked like a woman in her fifties. she saved Paramount studios and the people loved her for being herself. she gave them dreams and you could be sexual in private in a time you couldnt speak about it.

[@vegasjill21]

Gorgeous set. I adore the beautiful lines of 4Os furniture and decor. And the clothes....so classy and elegant. 💝

[@melbae.1124]

I love that she never lost her "cool"! Not even on a bad date!!