Mae West: No Inkling

The Winnipeg Evening Tribune was letting their Canadian readers know more about the MAE WEST radio scandal.  This is Part 3 — — which is the conclusion of their coverage in Manitoba, Canada.
• • In rehearsal, Mae read the lines flatly and innocuously • •
• • Miss West rehearsed on Saturday and, according to NBC, read the lines flatly and innocuously, giving no inkling of how she meant to pep them up later.
• • The Sunday rehearsal, too, was a routine affair. But on the air, Miss West read her lines in her well-known "C'm-up-and-see-me-sometime manner. Once the program was under way, there was a hurried conference of NBC officials but they decided that cutting the show off would raise an even bigger row than letting it run.
• • As the protests piled in, the advertising company responsible for the broadcast admitted it was a mistake, and assured the public that "the same mistake will not happen again."
• • Source: The Winnipeg Evening Tribune [Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada]; published on Friday, 17 December 1937.
• • On Tuesday, 14 December 1937 • •

• • Conservative Catholic Martin Quigley's hand-wringing article, "Radio Begs Trouble," found its way into Motion Picture Daily. The issue, centered around the controversial NBC broadcast starring Mae, was dated 14 December 1937.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Actress Cara Williams began using her talent as a moppet impersonating Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, and Mae West and also providing a voice for the Porky Pig cartoons.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: Lady Godiva was the greatest gambler. She put everything she had on a horse."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An Australian paper expressed an appreciation of Mae West.
• • The Advertiser wrote:  In "The Heat's On" Mae West plays a burlesque queen who can make or ruin producers. It is a typical Mae West part. The show relies heavily, however, on Victor Moore in a comedy part as one of the principals — — the weaker one — — of a society for the uplifting of stage morals, and on several good acts, songs, and Xavier Cugat's band.
• • Much good material has been included and the film makes fair entertainment, though the burlesque queen herself achieves nothing more than her usual quota of powerful presences and ageing wisecracks. ...
• • Source: New Films: "The Heat's On" in The Advertiser (Adelaide); published on Thursday, 14 December 1944
• • 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 4,100 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fourteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4105th 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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