• • "Go West Young Man" Stars Mae West • •
• • The Screen by Winston Burdett • •
• • Winston Burdett continued: In the present picture, you might reasonably expect that her particular brand of suggestive vulgarity would bring out all that was most pointed and amusing in the Lawrence Riley comedy, but I regret to say that it has had just the opposite effect. As paradoxical as it may seem, La Belle West's undulatory method has flattened the work out. It is no longer the satiric romp it was on Broadway; it is a mildly rowdy piece, too blunt to be clever and tediously laden with the familiar West innuendoes. . . .
• • Winston Burdett concluded: "Go West Young Man" is a Paramount picture, directed by Henry Hathaway from a screen play by Mae West, based on the play, "Personal Appearance'' by Lawrence Riley; presented by Adolph Zukor at the New York Paramount Theater with a cast including Mae West, Randolph Scott, Warren William, Lyle Talbot, Jack LaRue, Elizabeth Patterson, Alice Brady, and Isabel Jewell.
• • Source: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (NYC); published on Thursday, 19 November 1936.
• • On Saturday, 19 November 1927 • •
• • When Mae's play "The Wicked Age" opened, The New York Times reacted with alarm: "The whole was in the best Mae West school of playwriting . . . ." Yes, you're right; this was never meant to be a compliment.
• • The curtain clanged down on "The Wicked Age" on Saturday, 19 November 1927.
• • On Thursday, 19 November 1936 in The N.Y. Times • •
• • During the 1930s, publications were still spelling the star's first name as either "May" or "Mae," sometimes using both spellings in the same article.
• • J.T.M. penned the movie review of "Go West Young Man," which was printed in the Times on Thursday, 19 November 1936. His title read "May West at the Paramount in Go West, Young Man" [sic].
• • J.T.M. wrote: "The suasively undulating May West (sic) is back on the Paramount screen with a new and engagingly robustious . . . ." Robustious, yes. Exactly.
• • On Tuesday, 19 November 1996 • •
• • A CD by Mae West "I'm No Angel" was released on the British label Jasmine on Tuesday, 19 November 1996.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • "Mae West will open casino" • •
• • Las Vegas, Monday — Mae West will open soon a gambling restaurant-casino at Las Vegas.
• • Her lawyer. Charles Catt, announced today that Mae West would be a featured attraction in the casino's floor shows.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "That picture was a mistake from the word 'Shoot!'''
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Daily Illini mentioned Mae West.
• • Cinemaguild presents Mae West in "Go West Young Man" and "She Done Him Wrong" this Friday and Saturday at 112 Gregory Hall 8 p.m. Open to students, faculty, staff.
• • Source: Item in Daily Illini; published on Wednesday, 19 November 1969
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 10th anniversary • •
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during this past decade. The other day we entertained 1,223 visitors.
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3051st blog post. Unlike many blogs, which draw upon reprinted content from a newspaper or a magazine and/ or summaries, links, or photos, the mainstay of this blog is its fresh material focused on the life and career of Mae West, herself an American original.
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