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Cast
Mae West | As: Self (archive footage) | |
Margaret Cho | As: Self | |
Dita Von Teese | As: Self | |
Natasha Lyonne | As: Self | |
Ringo Starr | As: Self |
Storyline
Mae West achieved great acclaim in every entertainment medium that existed during her lifetime, spanning eight decades of the 20th century. A full-time actress at seven, a vaudevillian at 14, a dancing sensation at 25, a playwright at 33, a silver screen ingénue at 40, a Vegas nightclub act at 62, a recording artist at 73, a camp icon at 85 - West left no format unconquered. She possessed creative and economic powers unheard of for a female entertainer in the 1930s and still rare today. Though a comedian, West grappled with some of the more complex social issues of the 20th century, including race and class tensions, and imbued even her most salacious plotlines with commentary about gender conformity, societal restrictions and what she perceived as moral hypocrisy. Mae West: Dirty Blonde is the first major documentary film to explore West's life and career, as she "climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong" to become a writer, performer and subversive agitator for social change.
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Cast
Mae West |
Self (archive footage) |
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Margaret Cho |
Self |
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Dita Von Teese |
Self |
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Natasha Lyonne |
Self |
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Ringo Starr |
Self |
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Kathy Najimy |
Self |
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George Schlatter |
Self |
Directed By
Julia Marchesi |
Director |
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Sally Rosenthal |
Director |
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Production Crew
Michael Kantor |
Executive Producer |
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Cristiana Lombardo |
Associate Producer |
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Julia Marchesi |
Producer |
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Hannah Meagher |
Co-Producer |
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Bette Midler |
Executive Producer |
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Sally Rosenthal |
Producer |
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