Mae West admires a boxer on the set of “Belle of the Nineties” in 1934. Photo: by George Hoyningen-Huene/Conde Nast via Getty Images Chauncey: There was a lot of sexual experimentation in the 1920s, and Mae West was a master at pushing the envelope as far as she could, and then a little bit further. Mae West’s Slangology.—Mae West needed just one picture to add to the collection of slang phrases that the “ talkies” have contributed to the English language. Chauncey: In the late '20s and early '30s, the prohibition era clubs were cultivating much more salacious entertainment. Schlatter: I'm not an expert on the art form, but I believe that beating off is the same now as it was at the turn of the century.

Hallett: The enforcer of the code, Joseph Breen, who is a very devout Catholic, is also very anti-Semitic -- he sees himself as a Christian moral police that will force Jewish producers to stop making these kinds of morally degenerate films.

18. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948),:

And Mae West created an image of this beautiful woman walking around in these extraordinary clothes. West: So I said to my lawyer, I says, 'I'm gonna call it 'Sex'.' He said, 'Oh, my God, if we only dare.' Three of them came to me in a little posse with several ultimatums. They wanted to write songs for the third album, and I said 'Well you know I started the band, and I auditioned you, and I told you the deal at the time. We're not moving the goal posts here.' They knew this, and they came to me demanding that they could write songs too, and I just said 'Well go and do it then'.

At this point, Tom stops reading from chapter-to-chapter and skims the book, trying suggestions that he likes or thinks will work. Upon reading Chapter VII, Tom uses a stethoscope to listen for Jerry within the walls of the house. Jerry screams into the microphone, which is almost deafening Tom. Tom forces a shotgun into Jerry's mousehole. However, unknown to Tom, the barrel of the gun passes through the wall and bends outwards, pointing straight at his head as the cat fires and ends up shooting himself in the head, rendering himself bald. In the next scene (and every scene after that until the end), Tom wears a dodgy, orange toupée. A live cover version of "Make Me Smile" was released as the B-side to Duran Duran's 1984 number one single " The Reflex". On the label and sleeve, the song's original title was reversed and listed as "Come Up and See Me (Make Me Smile)". The band frequently covered the song during their early concerts, and this recording was made during a 16November1982 ( 1982-11-16) live performance for the BBC College Concert series. The entire concert was released on the live CD/DVD Live at Hammersmith '82! in September 2009.She Done Him Wrong (1933); this statement has widely said to be misquoted with the paraphrase: "Why don't you come up and see me sometime?" November 1957: Publisher of CONFIDENTIAL magazine is fined for printing libelous articles about West and other stars. August 2, 1944: CATHERINE WAS GREAT premieres at Shubert Theater (playing until January 13, 1945); West then tours with the production.

Similarly, in an article by Jerry Garrett published in the Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wisconsin) of Sunday 29 th April 2007, the phrase appeared in an extended metaphor likening the 2007 Volvo S80, powered by a V-8 engine, to a Swedish woman: What other quotes (perhaps these from your favorite films) do you get jumbled up? Test them out and see how well you really know your favorite phrasings. The music video has Erasure members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell in the midst of computer-generated special effects and graphics. The statue in the video also appears in their 2005 video for " Breathe". Hamilton: West had taken a look at the script, seen that her role was completely banal, and rewritten her lines. To a young actor: How tall are you without your horse? Six foot, seven inches. Never mind the six feet. Let's talk about the seven inches!Watts: All along the road, she's pushing, pushing, pushing, and I think to some degree she likes the battle. Doherty: The films that you see before 1934 are awash in women who traffic in their sexuality and are not punished for it. Watkins: It became something that the moralists in the country decided had to be stamped out in some way, or at least contained.