Mae West: A Perverted Theme

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 2.
• • New York Day By Day — — O. O. McIntyre • •
• • The emergence of the Brooklyn bombshell • •  . . .
• • Born in Brooklyn, she began her footlight career in baby parts, graduating to vaudeville
singing with Harry Richman and Whispering Jack Smith as accompanists. But it was as a playwright and actress in her police-closed play “Sex” that brought her first page notoriety.
• • This was followed by "The Drag,” threaded with a perverted theme and banned from the Rialto. Whatever one’s critical opinion of Miss West s histrionic ability or her material, there are few who can deny that in the smart routine of her risque lines she packs a dramatic punch.

• • I have rarely seen a more electric moment in the theater when as "Diamond Lil," in her play by that name, she chirps to a street salvationist with a side-of-the-mouth defiance "Oh. you can be had!" It may be mawkish drama, but it is "good theater."
• • Mae West as Babe Gordon in “The Constant Sinner” • •  …
• • To be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Syndicated column; published on Tuesday, 10 November 1931.
• • On Friday, 13 November 1936 • •
• • "Mae West will go to Egypt to make a harem picture if she accepts the offer of a fez-wearing movie director from Cairo, who has been interviewing her for the past week," wrote a publicist from Paramount Pictures. This announcement was sent out over the wire on Friday the 13th (13 November 1936).
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West was costumed by Edith Head for her role in “Myra B.” as Leticia Van Allen.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I hold records all over the world. That's my ego, breaking records. So don't say they put me in someone else's room."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about mineral baths mentioned Mae West.
• • Julie Snyder wrote: According to Beautification Committee Chair Sherri Gavie, shortly after Kellogg’s discovery, the local mineral bath industry flourished, making Mount Clemens famous throughout the world as a health spa.
• • “During the heyday of the mineral bath era, 23 major hotels and bath houses along with many smaller hotels and rooming houses prospered,” she said. “Many celebrities, including Babe Ruth, Clark Gable and Mae West, came to partake in the healing waters. Sadly, around World War II, this thriving industry began to decline due to the manufacture of aspirin and other medicinal advances.”  …
• • Source: C and G News; published on Thursday, 1 November 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 4082nd 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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