138: Mae West (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 12)
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May West's Anger
Klondyke Annie was given a pass by both the hays office and the legion of decency. But for some reason, william randolph hurst decided to use it as a hook for a campaign to take may down. Anger's claim that it had to do with a wise crack may west had made about marian davies doesn't really check out because there's no record of the wise crack. The film did ok, but may didn't make another film for a full year. Part of the problem was that she had writers block. Eventually, she came up with a story, borrowing from her greatest hits, another yarn about a bold night club singer called every day
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