A noncommercial, public-service mission enables Iowa PBS to present an unequaled array of programs of lasting value. The Mae West film 'She Done Him Wrong' was credited with helping to bring Paramount Pictures out of bankruptcy. West: With a couple or a dozen Till I find out who's a man and who's a mouse It's so nice to have a man around the house Men: We love her dearly. American Masters Clip The Mae West Film that Helped Save Paramount Pictures. This program is also available on Amazon Prime Video. Iowa PBS provides quality, innovative media and services that educate, inform, enrich and inspire Iowans throughout the state. 'American Masters - Mae West: Dirty Blonde' on DVD, visit Shop PBS.
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Produced and directed by Sally Rosenthal and Julia Marchesi. Iowa PBS is Iowas statewide public broadcasting network. Hình nhMae West American Masters / .jp Ameri / American Masters M / Watch Mae West: Dirt / Mae West: Dirty Blon / AMERICAN MASTERS: Ma / Mae West: Dirty Blon / Mae West Biographica / AMERICAN MASTERS: Ma / Mae West: Dirty Blon / Preview: American Ma / ImageSmythe on Twitt / J.B. American Masters - 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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Though she was 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. She possessed creative and economic powers unheard of for a female entertainer in the 1930s and still rare today. The younger Deiro said that his father was devastated when he learned about the abortion and ended the relationship. A full-time actress at seven, a vaudevillian at 14, a dancing sensation at 25, a Broadway 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. According to the American Masters documentary Mae West: Dirty Blonde, West aborted Deiro's child on the advice of her mother, the procedure nearly killing her and leaving her infertile. Mae West achieved great acclaim in every entertainment medium that existed during her lifetime, spanning eight decades of the 20th century. This 'American Masters' entry takes an appreciative survey of the long life and career of Mae West, as fans and followers celebrate her envelope-pushing cultural impact.
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WQLN is hosting a free online screening of the PBS/American Masters film Mae West: Dirty Blonde on Facebook Live on Thursdaym August 20 at 7 PM, followed by a live chat with folks from Erie Playhouse and the Film Society of NWPA! And support a local business by picking up a "Mae West meal pack" from the Brewerie at Union Station!
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WQLN Free Online Screening on August 20 of PBS/American Masters film Mae West: Dirty Blonde