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Mae West in "Catherine Was Great" on Broadway

MAE WEST (1915) in the early days was a successful vamp & vaudevillian, playing venues where she would sing & do a suggestive shimmy dance (please follow minkshmink on pinterest) #maewest #vamp #seductress

Mae West always knew how to say it best.

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MAE WEST in her late 70's in her boudoir with her pet monkey Tricky (1969) Mae West was not a party girl, she didn't smoke or drink, & was into spiritualism, healthy food, exercise & a good sex life. Photo by PHILIPPE HALSMAN. The Great LIFE Photographers (2009) (please follow minkshmink on pinterest) #maewest #boudoir #monkey #mirror #blonde #sexsymbol #bedroom #hollywoodglamour

Mae West with her pet monkey by Diane Arbus (1965) Mae turned down the role of NormaDesmond in Sunset Blvd because it was a little too close to home. Nor would she play a 'has been' actress.

During the 1920s, a number of Black performers were billed as "the sepia MAE WEST" or the "sepia Rudolph Valentino" and so on. In Mae's case, it was either because of her notoriety, which gave her name recognition, or because she had linked herself to the black composers who wrote blues songs. • • For instance, Papa Charlie Jackson [c.1885 — 1938] recorded "Shake That Thing" himself in 1925 — — a sultry blues number that Mae loved and introduced to her Broadway audience in her show "Sex"…

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Here is the 2nd part of Mae West's photo set. Enjoy! Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided. …

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Mae West and Ringo Starr "SEXTETTE" (1978)

Broadway Brevities, August 1922. (Mae West)

John Carradine, Mae West, and John Barrymore 1942

MAE WEST & STEVE COCHRAN late 1950's at the opening of the dance nightclub The Peppermint West. Photo by Murray Garrett (please follow minkshmink on pinterest) #maewest #stevecochran