West, Mae
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Burlesque to Broadway : Mae West's rise to fame, 2011
Item — Item 0113503032907: [Barcode: 0113503032907]
Overview
Before gaining worldwide fame as a 1930s film star, Mae West was a notorious New York City playwright, actress, and master of sensationalism. West possessed not only awareness of her own strengths as a performer--namely her sexuality--but also demonstrate
Dates:
2011
Mae Day, 1998
Item — Box ACC-MSS 004 Box 41: Series ACC-MSS 004-2
Identifier: ACC-MSS 004-2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The series documents popular radio series that were broadcast during the early 1930s through the late 1950s, and the popular forms of stand-up and improvisational comedy of the mid 20th and early 21st centuries. Highlights are recordings of "Our Miss Brooks," in which Eve Arden portrays a sarcastic high school English teacher; recordings by the Monty Python comedy troupe, who made significant contributions to American comedy and popular culture; "The Bickersons," a radio situation comedy...
Dates:
1998