Mae West: Sugar Daddy

A very long article about MAE WEST and her career in Tinseltown appeared five years ago.  It was written by Paul Phaneuf. Let's pick this up again and enjoy it together. This is Part 48.
• • Mae West: "I'm here to make talkies" or Censor Will vs. Diamond Lil • •
• • deletions from the frisky song lyrics • •   . . .
• • Paul Phaneuf wrote:  Also deleted were some of these lines from her song "Now I'm a Lady":
• • • • I used to have a lot of sweet sugar daddies
• • • • As much as seven or nine
• • • • But now I'm a lady
• • • • I see 'em one at a time
• • • • I used to baby all those sweet sugar daddies
• • • • To keep my cloud silver-lined
• • • • But now I'm a lady
• • • • I get my sugar refined.
• • The film was a hit at the box-office though not on the magnitude of her earlier efforts, and was met with mixed reviews.
• • The Hays Office goes into over-drive • •  . . .
• • This was Part 48.  Part 49 will appear tomorrow.
• • Source:  Article by Paul Phaneuf in Films of the Golden Age Magazine;  issue dated 5  November 2011. Used with permission.
• • Broadcast on Sunday, 22 March 1964 • •
• • "Mae West Meets Mister Ed" is the twenty-first episode of the fourth season of "Mister Ed," and the 99th episode overall. Director was Arthur Lubin. Airdate was on Sunday, 22 March 1964.
• • Guest Stars: Mae West (Herself), Nick Stewart (Charles), Jacques Shelton (1st Groom), Roger Torrey (2nd Groom).
• • On Sunday, 22 March 2009 • •
• • The paperback version of "She Always Knew How: Mae West — A Personal Biography" by Charlotte Chandler was released a year after the hardcover edition was out.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Walter Winchell agrees that Mae West can still get a big audience.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "I've been on more laps than a napkin."
• • Quote, Unquote • •

• • Pop-Up Beijing mentioned Mae West.
• • Join us on Wednesday, 29 March, 2017 at 7.30 pm, for the movie ‘She Done Him Wrong’ (Paramount Pictures, 1933), starring Mae West.
• • Pop-Up Beijing wrote this: In the Gay Nineties (that would be the EIGHTEEN Nineties!), a seductive nightclub singer contends with several suitors, including a jealous escaped convict and a handsome temperance league member.  ...
• • Source: Item in Pop-Up Beijing Film Calendar; posted in 2017
• • Note: Mae West has a serious fan base in China!  I love it!
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 12th anniversary • •  
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past eleven years. The other day we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 3,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3665th 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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