Mae West
Noun
Meaning
an inflatable life jacket
United States film actress (1892-1980)
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According to Citron, Mae West and Anna May Wong were the only Hollywood actresses never to have been kissed on screen.
A bawdy singer, Lady Lou ( Mae West ), works in the Bowery barroom saloon of her boss and benefactor, Gus Jordan ( Noah Beery ), who has given her many diamonds.
Aiden took the Mae West directive much too literally, but unfortunately misunderstood Alaska’s legendary Snatch Game performance and presumably believes Mae West was a hired goon in a B-movie about Depression-era gangsters.
This made him a minor off-beat celebrity in Los Angeles and around Hollywood, and his friendship with old show-business people such as Mae West and rising fringe celebrities such as Korla Pandit made Criswell an entertaining presence at parties.
The film was adapted from the successful Broadway play Diamond Lil by Mae West.
West was previously the subject of Dalí's 1935 painting The Face of Mae West.