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13 unusual facts about Mae West


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GreenLight also represents rightsholders directly, including the personality rights of Bruce Lee; Johnny Cash and June Carter; the Andy Warhol Foundation; Steve McQueen; Mae West; the Wright brothers; and Albert Einstein.

Dick joke

The famous quote from Mae West, "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just excited to see me?" is cited as an example of a penis joke.

Glendale, Queens

Some of these cemeteries are the resting places of many famous people, including Jackie Robinson, Mae West, and Harry Houdini, at whose tomb devotees gather each year on Halloween to see if he can pull off the ultimate escape trick and return from the grave.

Gufram

The design of this piece of design has been inspired by the portrait of Mae West painted by Salvador Dalì.

Jungleland USA

Mabel Stark, the "lady lion tamer", was featured in these shows; she also doubled for Mae West in the lion-taming scenes in the 1933 film I'm No Angel.

M2 Light Tank

These early twin-turret tanks were given the nickname "Mae West" by the troops, after the popular busty movie star.

Mae West Lips Sofa

The wood-and-satin sofa was shaped after the lips of actress Mae West, whom Dalí apparently found fascinating.

Mae West Peaks

These peaks were named for their shape, reminiscent of the actress Mae West's figure.

MAE-West

Its name officially stands for "Metropolitan Area Exchange, West", although some note the similarity to the name of the actress Mae West.

Martin Itjen

He called on big screen starlet, Mae West, to "come up and visit him sometime." The pair was popular with newsmen and photographers.

Rogers E. M. Whitaker

Whitaker lived in a theatrical boarding house down the hall from Mae West and worked at the New York Times checking bridal announcements for hoaxes placed by jilted suitors while also selling advertising for a trade magazine.

Rosetta Reitz

She also found long lost songs from better-known artists such as Ida Cox, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith and Mae West.

Sheridan Square Playhouse

Prior to being a theatre, the building was host to The Nut Club, a famous nightclub frequented by people such as Lionel Barrymore, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor, and Mae West.


Alexander Hamilton McDonald

He was shot down in the English Channel and spent several hours in his Mae West.

Cultural legacy of the Klondike Gold Rush

Charlie Chaplin's silent film The Gold Rush (1925), the highest grossing silent comedy, was set in the Klondike, as was the silent epic The Trail of '98 (1928) and Mae West's Klondike Annie (1936).

From Me to You

Mae West recorded the song for her 1967 Christmas album Wild Christmas.

Go West, Young Man

Go West, Young Man is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Mae West, Warren William, and Randolph Scott.

Hollywood Athletic Club

During its early years as a health club, its membership included Johnny Weissmuller, Errol Flynn, Charlie Chaplin, John Wayne, Walt Disney,John Ford, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Mary Pickford, Cecil B de Mille, Cornel Wilde, Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Frances X. Bushman, Howard Hughes, Joan Crawford and Rudolph Valentino, Mae West, Walt Disney, Buster Crabbe and Pola Negri.

I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone

It is most noted for its performance in a 1933 movie, She Done Him Wrong, in which Mae West sang it in a suggestive manner.

Lynne Carter

He impersonated many famous actresses and singers including Pearl Bailey, Josephine Baker, Tallulah Bankhead, Fanny Brice, Carol Channing, Cher, Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich, Phyllis Diller, Hermione Gingold, Hildegarde, Eartha Kitt, Ethel Merman, Barbra Streisand, Kay Thompson, and Mae West.

Quasi at the Quackadero

The short starred Quasi, characterized by one writer as "an infantile duck with buck front teeth, thick glasses and a red cape", voiced by Deitch; Anita, which one writer described as "Betty Boop with a New Wave wardrobe" and whose Mae West-like voice was supplied by Cruikshank, and robot Rollo.

William B. Davidson

He started in films in 1914 with Vitagraph and supported such well known stage and film actresses as Ethel Barrymore, Mabel Taliaferro, Charlotte Walker, Olga Petrova, Viola Dana, June Caprice, Edna Goodrich, and Mae West.