
August 17, 1893
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mae West (born Mary Jane West; August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades. Known for her bawdy double entendres, West made a name for herself in vaudevi…

In the Gay Nineties, a seductive nightclub singer contends with several suitors, including a jealous escaped convict and a handsome temperance league member.

Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the company of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along the way.

After a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits.

For the first time one of Hollywood's greatest stars tells his own story, in his own words. From a childhood of poverty to global fame, Cary Grant, the ultimate self-made star, explores his own screen image and what it took to cre...

A successful ex-boxer opens a high-class speakeasy in what once was the childhood home of a formerly rich society girl.

Ruby Carter, the American Beauty queen of the night club-sporting world, shifts her operations from St. Louis to New Orleans, mostly to get away from prizefighter Tiger Kid. Installed as the prize attraction of "The Sensation Club...

Carlton Rose, a girl known as "the Frisco Doll" escapes to Alaska after accidentally killing her guard.

A movie star, stranded in the country, trifles with a young man's affections.

Former dance hall queen Cleo Borden, newly rich, falls for and pursues an upper-crust Englishman.

At the turn of the century, a con woman finds herself in trouble with the law while dealing with multiple suitors.

On the 60th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's passing, this documentary provides a unique portrait of the screen icon from her own perspective. In contrast to the many films made and books written about her, this one offers to give ...