She Was Arrested For Being Too "Sexy" | Mae West

A Broadway scandal and a following jail sentence turned Mae West into an American icon and to the highest paid woman in Hollywood. She wrote every word she ever said on screen and created characters that had people scourge up their last pennies to watch in theatres. And then she spent the last thirty years of her life unable to step outside the character she had built. 🌟 The Starlet Archive tells the stories behind Hollywood's most iconic women. Subscribe to help us grow 🌟