Mae West Quotes
Come up and see me sometime.
West, Mae, and Harvey Thew, screenwriters. She Done Him Wrong. Directed by Lowell Sherman, Paramount Pictures, 1933.
Though there are several versions of the story surrounding this quote, it is agreed that Brown was at a reception and was drunk and the “creature in scarlet” turned out to be a Cardinal Archbishop.
Mary Jane "Mae" West was an American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades. She was known for her lighthearted, bawdy double entendres and breezy sexual independence, and often used a husky contralto voice. She was active in vaudeville and on stage in New York City before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the film industry.