American Masters — S34E02 — Mae West: Dirty Blonde

00:00:10 West: I came from the theater, from the stage,

00:03:28 Newsreader: In the fabled land of California,

00:06:51 Hamilton: When you watch Cary Grant and Mae West

00:09:33 Watts: She was both the epitome of a sex siren

00:13:14 you can go to burlesque.

00:17:23 at the time the sort of seamy underbelly.

00:21:12 Pierpont: This is outrageous. This is so horrible...

00:25:02 And she says, "Don't you read the newspapers?"

00:28:40 When I had the hats and gowns and the corsets,

00:32:37 were not that easy to live with.

00:36:03 And they meet in vaudeville and she falls for him.

00:40:05 Within these portals you may see such famous stars

00:43:52 You've got your femininity and your independence.

00:46:52 it's like, "Sister, get me a vodka."

00:50:29 She was kind of an outsider to Hollywood, to the system.

00:54:20 One woman writes and says, "Oh, I imitated Mae West

00:58:02 Yeah, for a long time I was ashamed of the way I lived.

01:01:31 Hamilton: A questionable woman sees the error of her ways

01:04:42 with Mae West playing Eve.

01:07:47 Man: ♪ I'm just a gigolo ♪

01:11:39 Bailey: Just a bad girl being good to the rest of the Navy.

01:15:06 knew what it was, and could deliver it.

01:18:23 as an old woman, I can still be attractive,

01:22:48 - Oh, the most.