Klondike Annie

film by Walsh [1936]

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Klondike Annie is a 1936 American film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Mae West. The movie is a typical Walsh film, featuring West as a woman who escapes a crime by boarding a ship bound for gold-rush Alaska. Onboard, she uses her charm on the ship's captain.12

Mae West was known for her frank sensuality and witty dialogue, often portraying women who accepted lives of "dubious virtue" with humor. Her films, including She Done Him Wrong (1933) and I'm No Angel (1933), were popular and helped establish her as a major star. Raoul Walsh was a prolific director known for his tough, masculine films.231

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Raoul Walsh
Films of the 1930s
” Klondike Annie (1936) was much more of a typical Walsh film; a kept woman (Mae West) kills her keeper and escapes on a tramp steamer bound for gold-rush Alaska, and she then employs her wiles on the ship’s captain (McLaglen). The mystery-comedy Big Brown Eyes…
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” Klondike Annie (1936) was much more of a typical Walsh film; a kept woman (Mae West) kills her keeper and escapes on a tramp steamer bound for gold-rush Alaska, and she then employs her wiles on the ship’s captain (McLaglen). The mystery-comedy Big Brown Eyes…
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