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

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

Certain white folks want you to forget that

@miwfreak4312

2 жыл бұрын

She's a badass!

@jeandixson5610

2 жыл бұрын

Bravo

@scorpiouknow

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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

@theatergeek82

Жыл бұрын

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

@awesomeunicorn3280

Жыл бұрын

Ikr the nerrve

@evastar4526

Жыл бұрын

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

@servraghgiorsal7382

Жыл бұрын

Oooooh! That's a good one!!

@Maria-dk2fv

Жыл бұрын

What is figure? Like a bottle?

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@gabriellew.1164

2 жыл бұрын

This was the best comment 🤣 so far!!!

@paolamura3497

4 ай бұрын

Hilarious!!!

@sheilacalkins4329

3 ай бұрын

A!a!!aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa​@@paolamura3497

@Loveraptors101

2 ай бұрын

Thats funny!,😂❤😂😅

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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!!!

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

7 ай бұрын

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

6 ай бұрын

@@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

5 ай бұрын

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

@SP-bg8on

5 ай бұрын

@@Chauncey250I agree. She was gorgeous

@dorotheaprobst862

2 ай бұрын

For sure

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

@janetcw9808

2 ай бұрын

ABSOLUTELY!

@bbrown333

2 ай бұрын

Not to our dear Bob Osborne.

@stutzbearcat5624

Ай бұрын

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

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

@janjbowman

3 ай бұрын

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

3 ай бұрын

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

@ANNIET5775

29 күн бұрын

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.

@ANNIET5775

29 күн бұрын

​@@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

29 күн бұрын

@@ANNIET5775 it's a joke and part of the character she made up. Why so heavy?

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

4 жыл бұрын

Good for her! ♥️

@sophiabrown9423

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

I think big cojones sums her up pretty well.

@annnee6818

4 жыл бұрын

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

@petebest22

4 жыл бұрын

Lovely lady, wish I know her ☺

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

@dorisleger4087

6 жыл бұрын

J Scho hallmart

@Melinda8162

6 жыл бұрын

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

@TheMkgirl77

6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant line!

@turboturd7954

5 жыл бұрын

Works both ways!

@louisl9199

5 жыл бұрын

Frank Sinatra story

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

Жыл бұрын

Robert Osborne especially!

@BaronessErsatz

Жыл бұрын

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

@madamedellaporte4214

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@valeriemarxxx

Жыл бұрын

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.

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.

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

@jonnyq680

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonnyq680 ggvvvv:vvgvvvvvvvvv:vvvvvvvvvgvv:vgvggvgvgvgvvvvv:vvgvgvvvgvvvggv:vgvg:vvvvv:vvggggv¹

@jonnyq680

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

3 жыл бұрын

@Patricia Palmer what's Zaftig?

@jonnyq680

3 жыл бұрын

@@teresafaulkner5199 You got it, lady.

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

@peggypeggy4137

4 жыл бұрын

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

@peggypeggy4137

4 жыл бұрын

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

@tamilugo3886

4 жыл бұрын

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

@gracekrothchild2907

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

3 жыл бұрын

She was not only beautiful, but witty and smart!

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! ❤️

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....

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

@spmoran4703

2 жыл бұрын

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

@applesnicolle5144

2 жыл бұрын

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

@olivia5419

2 жыл бұрын

agree

@olivia5419

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@ottomechanic1370

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

CV CVg

@sherryfierro8893

3 жыл бұрын

Pl000ll00

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

4 ай бұрын

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

@evelynfuller2086

2 ай бұрын

Amen 🙏

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

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

@Darrigrande

3 ай бұрын

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

@kfl611

2 ай бұрын

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.

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@johnryan9626

2 жыл бұрын

Breanna I totally agree with you....

@johnryan9626

2 жыл бұрын

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

@applesnicolle5144

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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!

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

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

Жыл бұрын

Truth

@publiusx6703

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@r5u26d3

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

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

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.

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

@daleholbert3111

4 жыл бұрын

Before plastic surgery liposuctiona

@randallmarsh2672

4 жыл бұрын

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

@juanap2230

4 жыл бұрын

"Yes she did" !!!

@womensarmycorpsveteran2904

4 жыл бұрын

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

@GeekInSequins

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@trishmcl9055

4 жыл бұрын

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

@alexanicolejoel2168

4 жыл бұрын

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

@valerieriggins3184

4 жыл бұрын

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

@angelanetherton8240

4 жыл бұрын

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!

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.

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

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

@40h66

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@kelvinstewart7953

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I love her and she looked great

@thomashernandez8700

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

@julianakleijn9254

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

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

@seeleygirl6178

5 ай бұрын

Did you know her?

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 💎

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

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

@bettyflipkowski235

3 жыл бұрын

Kim Wiliams sq

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

2 жыл бұрын

Or iron ovaries

@catspaw3092

2 жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

Yes 👍

@nurlindafsihotang49

3 ай бұрын

​@@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?

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@rvegas81

2 жыл бұрын

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

@tula1433

Жыл бұрын

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

3 ай бұрын

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

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

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

Жыл бұрын

She was MAE, and that was perfect! ❤

@lisamariealaniz7538

Жыл бұрын

💯 agree

@mannyhood6024

Жыл бұрын

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

@Rebecca.8590

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

They were intimidated by her. She was strong

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

@Darrigrande

3 жыл бұрын

So do I!

@fugirider5531

3 жыл бұрын

Yep

@ianfromtheotherside5795

3 жыл бұрын

We always have

@sandrapatterson2916

3 жыл бұрын

@@ianfromtheotherside5795 And always will.

@Not2Sleezy

3 жыл бұрын

She was a Badd Bish 💯

There is only one Mae West and she is irreplaceable. Thank you Mae for entertaining us during your career, you will never be forgotten.

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.

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@jmcharles6916

3 жыл бұрын

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

@missymarie2698

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Amc933

2 жыл бұрын

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

@stephaniebrooks8044

2 жыл бұрын

A boss!!!

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!

I have a newfound respect for such a legendary actress and personality who understood how to charm and disarm. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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.

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.

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

@joanbowden7634

4 жыл бұрын

Bow to the Queen, bitches! 😆

@pbohearn

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

@@joanbowden7634 >iu

Mae West will always reign supreme...smiles

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

3 ай бұрын

😄 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! 👍😄

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

@trishmcl9055

4 жыл бұрын

That was great!💕

@hollyconger9037

4 жыл бұрын

Aaahahaha.. love this one.

@petebest22

4 жыл бұрын

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

@erincrooke7202

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@petakucas7389

Жыл бұрын

Madonna could learn a thing or 3

@evastar4526

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

​@@evastar4526 3 I

@lauriewhite9574

9 ай бұрын

EdwwC

I thoroughly enjoyed this! When I was kid I had a Mae West doll all made up in black and would talk in my “Mae West” voice. This presentation really explored her incredible skills as a true pioneer of women not only on screen, but in business and in life! This is definitely one of the few videos I have flagged for repeated viewings.

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.

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

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

@ashalon8729

4 жыл бұрын

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

@thechloechronicles9688

3 жыл бұрын

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

@HollyLiana

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad someone recognized my favorite actor when I was a little girl. Living in Lakewood WA and being from Tacoma, I was always on the look out at the town center or where Yani and Linda Evans pumped their gas just to catch a glimpse of my comedic hero.

@SJ-ni6iy

2 жыл бұрын

He really did do a great job.

She was raised among blacks, and had Irish grandmother, and she had street swag and was as fly as Daddy-Good-Grace with the words. Apart from that, she was as polite as a Nun, never drank, and and even bashful, when she wanted to be:)

@margareta.halliseyq1777

2 жыл бұрын

Loved her!!!

A Diva ❤forever and her one liner 🥰🤩 is everything

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

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

This was before, fillers, injections and what we have as facelifts now. I adored her. Two of my grandma’s had Mae for a middle name, so does one of my daughters. ♥️

@AS-wj1du

Жыл бұрын

Cheers to that. Maes are beautiful

Mae West was definitely one of a kind.

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

@MoejiiOsmanTV

4 жыл бұрын

Ruthless ahaha

@ruthiemspangenberg3363

4 жыл бұрын

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

@luvsupreme

4 жыл бұрын

This was always a favorite line of hers. Gold!

@sandyg.8318

4 жыл бұрын

Funny and witty as hell

@winterbirds8022

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

@spmoran4703

2 жыл бұрын

Very bluesy I love voices like that.

@gus4u2c

2 жыл бұрын

She did music with Jazz Legend Duke Ellington

Her shape was the bomb!!!

Mae West was sexy, funny, talented, super smart, and way ahead of her time. She could put any other actress to shame, even today.

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

@walterhines6148

4 жыл бұрын

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

@idontgiveafaboutyou

4 жыл бұрын

All healthy body sizes are beautiful

@walterhines6148

4 жыл бұрын

@@idontgiveafaboutyou thank you. Enjoy you day

@walterhines6148

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks babe. Have many happy time

@walterhines6148

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks babe. Have many great times

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

@nancycrockett3444

2 жыл бұрын

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

@trevormichael4906

2 жыл бұрын

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

" 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!

"Easter time is tha time for eggs, and tha time for eggs is Easter time" - Mae West. How fitting I found this on Easter! My grandmother was one of her biggest fans, and she could parrot the way she talked perfectly! She even had all of us grandkids doing it, too!

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

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

@alexanicolejoel2168

4 жыл бұрын

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

@alexanicolejoel2168

4 жыл бұрын

@@tcharleston81 AND YOU ARE A DUMBASS❗️

@lotuslotus6610

2 жыл бұрын

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

@larapalma3744

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexanicolejoel2168 no she's spot on

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

Жыл бұрын

She was actually 87 years old when she died in 1980

@MrWillHughes

2 ай бұрын

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

I remember watching all those Mae West movies from the 1930s. She was something, didn't care what anyone thought. Good for her! 🤩💖

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

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

3 жыл бұрын

except she didn’t really befriend girls so nice fantasy

@thebtchthathikes1008

2 жыл бұрын

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

@natekey3279

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@romystumpy1197

Жыл бұрын

@@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

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!

“We’re intellectually opposite “I’m intellectually your opposite! She was hilarious lol! 😂

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

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

Mae. West was a bad sister. I enjoyed all her movies. That accent and personality made her stand out. Great actress. One of the greatest actress.

Her wit and candor is always refreshing 😊

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

@jonnyq680

3 жыл бұрын

and immortal

@janicecook1066

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, what a Line, I Love it!

@dlwhite1965

3 жыл бұрын

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

@akrenwinkle

3 жыл бұрын

@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

2 жыл бұрын

That was the best!

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

It gives me joy that Ms. West had her Paul. How wonderful that he was so devoted to her.

This was Awesome. I love this woman. May her legacy live on.

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

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

@pbohearn

4 жыл бұрын

ALEXA NICOLE JOEL Another Mae Bonmot!

@rickeyricardomatthews2147

3 жыл бұрын

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

2 сағат бұрын

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

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

I loved watching her as a little girl... I saw her do the Mae West review in the 1970's at Whiting Auditorium in Flint Michigan for summer stock. Truly a class act!

She had confidence, and it went a long way!

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

Жыл бұрын

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

From my perspective, from one woman to another: As women we've always had to fight against what others THINK we should be, do and say. My boyfriend even said it, Mae West was, in my opinion, way ahead of her time and fought for herself and others. Some people in the movie industry didn't deserve her. She was too great for them. She offered so much and gave so much, including herself, to everyone she met. Her sex appeal and blunt honest humor scared the hell outta the masses. Hell, she made Cary Grant a household name, he was a bit player before becoming a popular actor. The studio execs should've capitalized on what they had in Mae West but screwed up royally. Some people called her too big and matronly?...She was perfect: 5'2", size 6 and 116 lbs...That's perfect, not the anorexic looking stick figure models running around today!! Hell, I'm 57 yrs old, size 6, 120 lbs and busty and an hourglass figure like Mae West...Matronly?...No, that's sexy!! Too many stereotypes placed on each other, as much now as it was then. I'll take old Hollywood over today's Hollywood any day of the week. Mae West loved what she did and did what she loved. She was a true Hollywood Legend!!❤️🎥🎞️

@petekdemircioglu

2 жыл бұрын

Anorexic looking stick

@spmoran4703

Жыл бұрын

I have got a Mae West figure . Big boobs big ass. Blonde / red hair. I get complimented every time I am out.

@joanodom2104

Жыл бұрын

Not important, but I always heard she was slightly under five feet. Not being contrary. 😃

@CindyLouWho77

Жыл бұрын

You had me until you decided to take a swat at “stick figures”. It’s all body positivity until it comes to women who are tall and thin. Forget the beauty industry; it’s been fickle since the concept of an “ideal” woman began since recorded history. She has been tall, short, thin, stocky, long hair, short hair, etc. It differs by culture and changes ideals several times a century. A lot of women minimize my experience because there is a self-anointed arbiter that decides who is allowed to feel insecure or even traumatized by their experiences. It doesn’t matter that I was tormented for my height and weight as a kid and called ugly on a daily basis because some grownups with similar measurements were the ideal of the time. The disparaging comments and treatment continue into my forties. If I have dinner with a group, someone inevitably asks when I excuse myself to use the restroom if I’m going to vomit what I just ate. Every man I ever dated suggested I eat more cheeseburgers because I have “the ass of a ten year old boy”, if they concede I have an ass at all. I’ve been called every basketball player from Larry Bird to Kevin Durant. I didn’t date until college and it was always a man at least ten years older; anyone younger was embarrassed to stand next to me because of my height. I had no control over my height, weight, and features. I ended up with an extra tall gene. My thyroid was overactive and went undiagnosed until I almost died. Even after treatments, I stayed as small. It didn’t matter that my body was a constant source of ridicule (apparently, it still doesn’t), which stung all the more because I wanted to be invisible. Maybe then I wouldn’t have been SA’d by my uncle’s best friend and have to listen to my grandmother, who I was staying with in another state when it began, try to justify it - “It happens to all women. He’s your uncle’s only friend; we can’t tell him to leave”. Five years later, it would happen again; this time by a neighbor and friend of my dad’s, and it was much more violent. The opposite happened this time. My dad almost killed the guy and my family moved out of state so my dad could escape criminal charges. My siblings resented me. The move away from their friends was my fault. One of my sisters even gossiped about it at our new high school. A particularly horrible person would follow me around the halls and sing “R*pe Me” from Nirvana. My sister went to homecoming with him. I hated my body; the last thing I wanted was for anyone to notice it. As an adult, inappropriate comments are made, though more general, typically. Not always. The near guarantee now is it’s other women who believe I’m expendable. I’ve had it so good, ya know, what does it matter if I’m singled out and not allowed under the body positivity umbrella, really? Stick figure. Not every tall, thin woman is part of a patriarchal conspiracy to make other women feel shamed into the absurd attempt to attain the unattainable. I’m certainly not. We are our best when we uplift one another.

@tula1433

Жыл бұрын

@@CindyLouWho77 agree. It’s women who compete with other women and uphold the “toxic beauty standards” that they love to blame men for. Men were fine with us when we had hairy legs and lived in caves. Women created the beauty industry and support it so they can compete with other women!

My dear old dad absolutely loved Mae West. He thought she was terrific. He was a man who liked a sense of humour and didn't like lots of unnecessary angst.

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

@botticellichick6393

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Spiderman7Bob7

4 жыл бұрын

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

@botticellichick6393

4 жыл бұрын

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

@aprilshelton9355

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, THE blonde bombshell.

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

@newenglandgirl9523

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@rik4369

2 жыл бұрын

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

I find her absolutely stunning, witty as hell and hilarious. 😆 They don't make em like her anymore, especially in Hollywood. It's changed.

🌹 She will always forever be remembered in American Black History.🌟🖤🌟💖✨✨ She was very beautiful and they left out her romance w a Black Guy.