Becoming Mae West
Leider, Emily Wortis
Becoming Mae West / Emily Wortis Leider - New York : Farrar, Straus Giroux , 1997 - 431 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Brooklyn-bred like her subject, the author shares narration and b&w photographs illustrating how Baby Mae (1893-1980)--the offspring of a classic stage mother and boxer father--evolved from vaudeville performer to the popular, but not critically acclaimed, liberated stage and movie actress of "My Little Chickadee" (1940) fame. Always trying to stay one step ahead of the censors, and losing out temporarily to the Hayes Office in 1930 when it put "Diamond Lil" on the banned list, West represented adventuresomeness in sexuality and career savvy by a female entertainer.
9780374109592
West, David---Trials, litigation
Motion picture actors and actresses--- United States - Biography
92 WES
Becoming Mae West / Emily Wortis Leider - New York : Farrar, Straus Giroux , 1997 - 431 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Brooklyn-bred like her subject, the author shares narration and b&w photographs illustrating how Baby Mae (1893-1980)--the offspring of a classic stage mother and boxer father--evolved from vaudeville performer to the popular, but not critically acclaimed, liberated stage and movie actress of "My Little Chickadee" (1940) fame. Always trying to stay one step ahead of the censors, and losing out temporarily to the Hayes Office in 1930 when it put "Diamond Lil" on the banned list, West represented adventuresomeness in sexuality and career savvy by a female entertainer.
9780374109592
West, David---Trials, litigation
Motion picture actors and actresses--- United States - Biography
92 WES
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