Movies: Mae West
- 1933
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
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New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of them is a vicious criminal who’s escaped and is on the way to see “his” girl, not realising she hasn’t exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is at han...
- 1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
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A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers....
- 1933
I'm No Angel (1933)
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The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue her...
- 1996
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful (1996)
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A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons....
- 1965
The Love Goddesses (1965)
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This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Cla...
- 1970
Myra Breckinridge (1970)
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Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra a job ...
- 2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
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A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934....
- 2017
Becoming Cary Grant (2017)
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For the first time one of Hollywood's greatest stars tells his own story, in his own words. From a childhood of poverty to global fame, Cary Grant, the ultimate self-made star, explores his own screen image and what it took to create it....
- 1932
Night After Night (1932)
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A former boxer purchases a classy speakeasy and falls in love with a wealthy society girl....
- 1940
My Little Chickadee (1940)
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While on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a masked bandit who also takes the coach's shipment of gold. When he abducts Flower Belle and they arrive in town, Flower Belle is suspected of being in collus...
- 1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
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Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression....
- 1936
Klondike Annie (1936)
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A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska....
- 1934
Belle of the Nineties (1934)
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Cabaret entertainer Ruby Carter shifts her operations to New Orleans and becomes exceedingly popular with the local men....
- 1987
Hollywood Uncensored (1987)
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies from the early 1920s onwards....
- 1937
Every Day's a Holiday (1937)
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When a turn-of-century confidence trickster poses as a famous French chanteuse to avoid arrest, she manages to expose the crooked police chief and smooth the path for the reform mayoral candidate....
- 2016
The Women Who Run Hollywood (2016)
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The first talkie was directed by Alice Guy, the first color film was produced by Lois Weber, who directed more than 300 films over 10 years. Frances Marion wrote screenplays for the Hollywood Star Mary Pickford and won two Oscars, Dorothy Arzner was ...
- 1935
Goin' to Town (1935)
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Cleo Borden grew up in a saloon, loves the men—and the men love her—but her aspirations lead her to enter into a contract to marry a wealthy man. When he dies and leaves her all of his fortune, she soon learns that although she has money, she is not ...
- 2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
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Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. G...
- 1978
Sextette (1978)
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On the day of her wedding to her sixth husband, a glamorous silver screen sex symbol is sought to intervene in a political dispute between nations, which leads to chaos....
- 2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
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A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s....