138: Mae West (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 12)
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May West - The Star of a Moment
By the time this editorial appeared every day's holiday had already been released, and paramount had already severed ties with may as had emmanuel cohen. Audiences had lost interest in her. The recommend on was that studios drop these high salaried performers and concentrate on creating vehicles for a newer batch of stars,. shirley temple, carol lombard and may's quodnqote discovery, carriy grant. May west continued to work until the end of her life but her most potent period of influence on the culture had ended. And there's not much evidence that she was the target of a real conspiracy promoted by william randolph hurst or any one else
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