138: Mae West (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 12)
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The Box Office Poison Ad Debud
The box office poison ad debud. Became may west's first movie to lose money. Coen cut ties with may, leaving her a free ag at she immediately returned to new york and mounted a run of sold out live shows. The ad appeared in the hollywood reporter and the independent film journal on may third, 19 38. It cited west francis and a passel of other major stars of the 19 thirties,. including marlina dietrich, greta garbo, joan crawford and freda stare, as names who had become poison at the box office.
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