The Sex Goddess in American Film, 1930–1965: Jean Harlow, Mae West, Lana Turner, and Jayne Mansfield
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Plate 32. Juxtapositions of masculine and hyper-feminine women's bodies with suggested lesbianism (Alison Skipworth as Miss Mabel Jellyman and Mae West as Maudie, Night After Night, Paramount Pictures, 1932).

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Plate 33. Hyper-feminine bodily plentitude (Belle of the Nineties, Paramount Pictures, 1934).

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Plate 34. The hyper-feminine sexualized body and the aging body (Mae West and Alison Skipworth, Night After Night, Paramount Pictures, 1932).

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Plate 35. “It's a gift dearie; it's a gift.” (Mae West, Gertrude Michael, I’m No Angel, Paramount Pictures, 1933).

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Plate 36. The much younger Lord Carrington escorts the new Lady Carrington from the bedroom (Goin’ To Town, Paramount Pictures, 1935).

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Plate 37. “Suckers” (I’m No Angel, Paramount Pictures, 1933).

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Plate 38. “Am I making myself clear, boys?” (I’m No Angel, Paramount Pictures, 1933).

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Plate 39. The audience as “suckers” (I’m No Angel, Paramount Pictures, 1934).

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Plate 40. Mae West as the quintessential American sex goddess (Belle of the Nineties, Paramount Pictures, 1934).

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