Mae West, the Queen of New York
The writer and star of “Sex” and “Diamond Lil” is greedy for the spotlight, optimistic, eager for success, frank, amusing, calm, cold, and warmhearted, Thyra Samter Winslow wrote, in 1928.
November 10, 1928
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