1 option
Mae West : dirty blonde / a production of THIRTEEN Productions LLC's American Masters for WNET ; directed and produced by Sally Rosenthal and Julia Marchesi.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 035 979
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- American masters
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West, Mae.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for the visually impaired.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
- Biographies.
- Biographical films.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Distribution:
- [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2020]
- Other Title:
- Dirty blonde
- Place of Publication:
- [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2020]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue; subtitled in English for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); English described video.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 5.1 surround.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Mae West achieved great acclaim in every entertainment medium that existed during her lifetime, spanning eight decades of the twentieth century. This is the first major documentary film to explore West₂s life and career, as she 'climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong' to become a writer, performer, and subversive agitator for social change.
- Participant:
- Interviewees, Candice Bergen, Lady Bunny, Margaret Cho, Natasha Lyonne, Ringo Starr, Dita Von Teese
- Credits:
- Editor, Kris Liem ; music, Joel Goodman ; cinematographers, Sandra Chandler [and five others].
- Notes:
- Originally broadcast in 2020 as an episode of the television series American Masters; ©2019 THIRTEEN Productions LLC.
- Wide screen.
- Special features: Birth of the talkies; The 1890s; Mae's modern counterparts.
- For private home use only.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Unger Gasser Family Endowment for the Study of Screenwriting, Television and New Media.
- ISBN:
- 9781531712433
- 1531712436
- OCLC:
- 1159242073
- Publisher Number:
- 841887044189
- 00841887044189 gtin-14
- AM62002 PBS
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.