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Becoming Mae West / Emily Wortis Leider

By:

Leider, Emily Wortis

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus Giroux , 1997Description: 431 p. : illus. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780374109592

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

92 WES

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	92 WES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		015563

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.

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