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She Always Knew How. Mae West.

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Sy het altyd geweet hoe. Mae West.

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She Always Knew How. Mae West. A Personal Biography. Applause Books. Softcover. 336 pages. Published by Applause Books. HL.314814. ISBN 142348410X. 6x9 inches. Actress, playwright, screenwriter, and iconic sex symbol Mae West. 1893-1980. created a scandal and a sensation on Broadway with her play Sex in 1926. Convicted of obscenity, she was sentenced to ten days in prison. She went to jail a convict but emerged a star. Later, in Hollywood, she was the number one box-office attraction during the 1930s and saved Paramount Studios from bankruptcy. Her films included some notorious one-liners – which she wrote herself – that have become part of Hollywood lore. But behind the clever quips was Mae's deep desire, decades before the word “feminism” was in the news, to see women treated equally with men. She saw through the double standard of the time that permitted men to do things that women would be ruined for doing. Her cause was sexual equality, and she was shrewd enough to know that it was perhaps the ultimate battleground. In She Always Knew How , Charlotte Chandler draws on a series of extensive interviews that she conducted with Mae West just months before the star's death. Chandler also spoke with actors and directors who knew and worked with Mae, the man with whom she lived for the last twenty-seven years of her life, and her close assistant. Their insights enrich this fascinating book.

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Sy het altyd geweet hoe. Mae West. 'N Persoonlike Biografie. Applous Books. Softcover. 336 bladsye. Gepubliseer deur Applous Books. HL.314814. ISBN 142348410X. . Aktrise, dramaturg, draaiboekskrywer, en ikoniese seks-simbool Mae West. 1893-1980. het 'n skandaal en 'n sensasie op Broadway met haar speel Seks in 1926. Skuldig bevind is aan obseniteit, is sy gevonnis tot tien dae in die tronk. Sy het na die tronk 'n gevangene, maar na vore gekom 'n ster. Later, in Hollywood, sy was die nommer een loket aantrekkingskrag gedurende die 1930's en gered Paramount Studios van bankrotskap. Haar films ingesluit sommige berugte one-liners - wat sy self geskryf - wat deel van Hollywood leersaamhede geword. Maar agter die slim skerts was Mae se diep begeerte, dekades voor die woord "feminisme" is in die nuus, vroue gelyk behandel met mans te sien. Sy het deur die dubbele standaarde van die tyd dat die mense toegelaat om dinge te doen dat vroue sou verwoes word om dit te doen. Haar oorsaak was seksuele gelykheid, en sy was slim genoeg om te weet dat dit dalk die uiteindelike slagveld. In sy altyd geweet het hoe, Charlotte Chandler trek op 'n reeks van uitgebreide onderhoude wat sy gedoen met Mae West net enkele maande voor die ster se dood. Chandler het ook met akteurs en regisseurs wat geweet het en het saam met Mae, die man met wie sy vir die laaste sewe en twintig jaar van haar lewe geleef het, en haar noue assistent gepraat. Hulle insigte verryk hierdie fassinerende boek.