WHICH CINEMA FILMS HAVE EARNED THE MOST MONEY SINCE 1914?". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. March 4, 1944. p.3 Supplement: The Argus Weekend magazine . Retrieved August 6, 2012. Cheering and applause ] ♪♪♪ [ Cheering and applause ] Hamilton: She had a new audience who had rediscovered her films through their being shown on TV. October 1959: West is interviewed by Charles Collingwood about her autobiography for “Person to Person”: the show is considered too controversial for broadcast and is never aired.

But West got the final word—more than a word, in fact. In her aptly titled 1959 memoir, “Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It,” the icon explained her relationship with sex: Despite the popular misconception that this should be read with a German accent, the famous misquote is spoken by the evil Mohammed Kahn, played by Douglas Dumbrille, who – as his character name indicates – is not very German) May 12, 1977: West receives the Ruby Award from AFTER DARK magazine and appears in person at the award banquet. a b c Kutner, Jon; Leigh, Spencer (2005). 1000 UK Number One Hits. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-84449-283-1.

16. Only Angels Have Wings (1939):

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All of a sudden they're not talking about her in terms of sleaze, they're talking about her in terms of glamour. March 1936: West signs contract with Emanuel Cohen after a series of arguments with Paramount executives. Basinger: If the idea of a woman standing up and saying, as an old woman, I can still be attractive, I can still have a sex life, this may look dumb to you, but this is who I am -- if that's sad, it's sad. April 1962: West appears at the Friar’s Club Roast of Harry Richman in Los Angeles; she is the first woman guest at the club.

4. Casablanca (1942):

Hamilton: West had her own sense of why crowds were flooding in, which wasn't about intellectual stimulation but something much more voyeuristic. West: ♪ I brought them here ♪ ♪ 'Cause I couldn't bear to lose ♪ ♪ Those Memphis blues ♪ ♪♪♪ Pierpont: Paramount referred to her as a one-woman production unit in charge of everything.