'She Done Him Wrong'

My first exposure Mae West was during her guest appearance on "Mister Ed."

I assumed she was the end-all, be-all of Hollywood starlets.

Probably 22 years later, I finally get around to watching one of her movies.

One of her 12 movies. Yes, West lived until she was 87 and made 12 total movies, which included a hiatus between 1943 and 1970 and then another stretch through 1978. Eight of those 12 were made within a five-year period between 1932-1937.

I also didn't know that she wrote a lot of her own movies, including "She Done Him Wrong," which launched Cary Grant's career.

She was also 5-1. Which makes her a spinner.