Poor Butterfly

"Mae West had a screw loose, and she also had a great publicist -- herself!" - Sylvia Sidney

Girlfriends

Ethel Merman, Mae West and Judy Garland

Irene Dunne and Barbara Stanwyck

Susan Hayward and Ingrid Bergman

Dorothy Lamour, Gracie Allen and Betty Hutton

Jane Powell, Noel Coward and Zsa Zsa Gabor

Blonde Ambition

"She's a legend in her own mind." - Jayne Mansfield on Mae West

Lathered Up

"That German actress wanted to wash my hair. She came into my dressing room and made the offer. I had to turn her down -- I was afraid she didn't mean the hair on my head." - Mae West on Marlene Dietrich

Mae

Doin' what comes naturally.

Beads and Feathers

To say nothing of boobies and bangles; gladiators and girdles.

Self Love

Miss Novak appears courtesy DU GUINGOIS

It's True!

Blondes have more fun.

Great Meetings in Hair History

All Points West

It's Mae's world. We just inhabit it.

Pillow Talk

The stuffing dreams are made of.

THANKS

Our Favorite Fruit

Our favorite fruit, MC, was the first to correctly guess our last Mystery Guest: the relentlessly impersonated, yet thoroughly inimitable, Mae West. MC is already awash in prizes, but we'll allow Mae to toss his salad anyway:

And, for cwilson284, here's a bonus treat (courtesy of the fabulous Allure blog):

Thanks for playing, darlings!

Icons

Strip Tease

Shari Lewis

Lisa Kirk

Mae West (courtesy of DAMON DEVINE)

Betty Hutton

Frankly, we'd be more excited to see any of these dames than Cher.
And don't even get us started on Celine.

You Gotta Taste All the Fruit

As she preaches, so she practices.

All hail Saint Mae of West, Our Lady of Innuendos.

Another divine image from the DAMON DEVINE COLLECTION

Girls With Guitars

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: THE ACOUSTIC BEEHIVE (GREAT NAME FOR A BAND, NO?)

THANKS, PANCAKES BARBARA!

ROCK 'N' RHYTHM ROYALTY: NORMA JEAN RICHARDSON aka "DUCHESS"

SOPHIA LOREN AT HOME, 1964

MAE WEST: COME UP'N PLUCK ME SOMETIME

DORIS DAY, CHANNELING NANCY SINATRA

MAMIE VAN DOREN: THE GIRL WHO INVENTED ROCK & ROLL

KIM NOVAK AT HOME, 1964

SINGING NUN #1: JULIE ANDREWS

SINGING NUN #2: DEBBIE REYNOLDS

WANDA JACKSON, THE QUEEN OF ROCKABILLY

FRANCOISE HARDY: GALLIC GAL WITH GUITAR