Mae West: Gilbert Emery

When Variety performed its autopsy on MAE WEST's motion picture "Goin’ to Town," the film critic Abel had harsh words for almost every actor — — except Gilbert Emery. The picture was released by Paramount on 17 May 1935 and no amount of fanfare could have persuaded the critics of its merits.
• • According to the 1935 review published in Variety, this motion picture was "Mae West's poorest."
• • Since Gilbert Emery died on October 28th, let's give him his due.
• • Born in Naples, New York on 11 June 1875, Gilbert Emery was the stage name of Emery Bemsley Pottle, an actor who appeared in over 80 movies from 1921 until his death in 1945.
• • Emery Bemsley Pottle first started out as a writer, a newspaper reporter, and an instructor in English and public speaking. Composing poems and short stories, he used "Gilbert Emery" as his pen name. He attended Amherst College, graduating in 1899.
• • This character actor, 6' 2", was often cast as an aristocrat or a distinguished gentleman.
• • On 28 October 1945, he died at age 70 in Los Angeles, California.
• • Paramount production and release. Stars Mae West. Directed by Alexander Hall. Produced by William LeBaron. Original by Marion Morgan and George B. Dowell; screenplay and dialog. Miss West. Songs, Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal; camera, Karl Struss. At the Paramount N.Y. — — week of 10 May 1935. Running time, 75 mins.
• • Cast:
• • Cleo Borden . . . Mae West
• • Edward Barrington . . . Paul Cavanagh
• • Ivan Veladov . . . Ivan Lebedeff
• • Taho . . . Tito Coral
• • Mrs. Crane Brittony . . . Marjorie Gateson
• • Buck Gonzales . . . Fred Kohler, Sr.
• • Fletcher Colton . . . Monroe Owsley
• • Winslow . . . Gilbert Emery
• • Young Fellow . . . Grant Withers
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • Paul Cavanagh and Gilbert Emery • • 1935 • •
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