In 1968, noted film and theatre critic Clive Hirschhorn was a young
feature writer for the London Sunday Express. In Hollywood on
assignment, he heard that the legendary Mae West "loved British
accents" and was able to get an interview with the 75-year-old film
star. His observations on the "official" Mae and the actual woman
behind the public persona provide new insights into this complex,
much caricatured, and compelling cultural icon. This book offers a
funny, touching, and revealing account of the life of the woman who
made it possible to say "sex" in public. Her scripted quips are
legendary, and she was able to zing them in real life. When
Hirschhorn asked her how she managed to look so uncannily young-at
75 her skin was flawless and her face unlined-she replied:
"No secret. I go to bed early. I meditate. I eat all the correct
foods, I don't smoke or drink, and I believe with a passion in
myself. You can only beat nature when you show the bitch who's boss
"
Leonard Maltin in his Foreword says, "Mae West was an
absolute-and resolute-original. There has never been anyone else
quite like her. Her reputation has survived the decades. Young
people might not know of her, but she is still widely quoted and
referred to in articles and books. How many other show business
personalities who flourished in the 1920s and '30s can say the same
in the first decade of the 21st century?"
Clive Hirschhorn is the author of the best-selling The Hollywood
Musical, as well as Gene Kelly: A Biography, The Films of James
Mason, The Warner Bros. Story, The Universal Story, and The
Columbia Story.
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