Mae West had become an institution, which is dangerous.

Mae West "had this tiny little head: a 20 1/4."

Mae West chose him to appear in her nightclub act.

Another rising star who appeared in the show was the young Mae West.

Mae West wasn't built in a day, you know.

She started her life in 1930, loosely based on Mae West.

"Mae West 1893-1980" the top one says, the others lined up beneath it.

Mae West was 49 at the time of the movie's production, her first film in three years.