Biography of American actress Mae West by Simon Louvish - the first West biographer to have access to her personal archive of memorabilia, including a 2,000-page collection of quips and jokes and the numerous revisions of the 12 plays, eight screenplays and three novels she wrote. From the inside flap: "Sex goddess, Hollywood star, transgressive playwright, author, blues singer and vaudeville brat - Mae West remains the twentieth century’s greatest comedienne, a woman who blazed her own trail through Broadway plays such as Sex and The Constant Sinner and movie classics such as She Done Him Wrong, Klondike Annie and I’m No Angel. Louvish charts her amazing seven decades in show business, from early years in teenage summer stock to her last reincarnation as 1960s gay icon and grande dame of Hollywood survivors." Includes publishers' press release. Other keywords: female stars, women and film
Item number | 28522 |
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Category | Book |
Type | Biography |
Dimensions | Standard |
Language | English |
Country of origin | UK |
Related people | Simon Louvish (Author) |
Mae West (Subject) |
Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection