Mae West: Pathological Patina

On Tuesday, 10 November 1931, a daily New York City columnist gave his readers a close up glimpse of MAE WEST. What he wrote in 1931 about the stage performer will surprise you. This is Part 4, the finale.
• • New York Day By Day — — O. O. McIntyre • •
• • The steel trap worldliness of Mae West’s Harlem lines • •
• • Perhaps more of that quality dubbed “human interest” will be found in the personnel of Mae West's audience — — especially at first nights — — than in the steel trap worldliness of her lines. It offers a polyglot, pathological patina. There are women in masculine attire, men with blond-tinged hair and roughed cheeks and mincing steps, pasty-faced shadowy creatures with fever-bright eyes, overdressed dolls of the West Seventies, freshly barbered gambling house runners, gunmen and their molls — — and all the rest of the strange creatures that clot in silence about shady hotel entrances after midnight. A Mae West premiere is apparently their night of nights. It is a set of spotlight seekers as pronounced as the fortunates of the Horse Shoe Circle at the opera, bowing and waving to each other, with a similar familiarity.
• • Source: Syndicated column; published on Tuesday, 10 November 1931.
• • On Sunday, 15 November 2009 • •
• • The N.Y. Times columnist Margo Jefferson delivered a speech in Chicago on Sunday, 15 November 2009 about Mae West and Hattie McDaniel.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • Seeing Mae West is like gaining entrance to a small private art collection. Many seek this particular shrine, but few are chosen and the rules are set out beforehand.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm sorry I can't see you in private." [The Hays Office deleted this "objectionable" screen line.]
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about sunscreens mentioned Mae West.
• • Jennifer Bowden wrote:  "An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises," said American actress Mae West. Chances are that Mae West was not referring to work performance or the marketing hype of cosmetic firms. But, promises aside, how well do sunscreens perform in blocking damaging UV radiation and thus reducing vitamin D production?   …
• • Source: Noted [N.Z.]; published on Saturday, 20 October 2018
• • The evolution of 2 Mae West plays that keep her memory alive • • 
• • A discussion with Mae West playwright LindaAnn LoSchiavo — — 
• • http://lideamagazine.com/renaissance-woman-new-york-city-interview-lindaann-loschiavo/

• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 14th anniversary • •  

• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fourteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,000 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fourteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4084th 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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