Mae West: Romantic Quality

How the powerful spell of a MAE WEST classic from 1940 united the young and the old at a screening in L.A. was beautifully analyzed by Nina Young. Let’s hear more.  This is Part 3.
• • After Dark: Old-school film ‘My Little Chickadee’ unites generations under classic cinema • •
• • Not exactly a “cult film” • •
• • Nina Young wrote: “My Little Chickadee” does not qualify as a cult film by any means, and insofar as I could tell, audiences don’t attend showings of this 1940s flick intending to chuck popcorn. But I did glimpse at another facet of late night film revivals: the following of classic cinema.
• • Nina Young wrote: Ben Sampson, a lecturer in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, said that screenings of classic cinema may draw different crowds than that of cult screenings, as the cult phenomenon appeals to an alternative, niche community, whereas classic cinema may appeal to both older crowds and their younger family. Los Angeles theater venues offer revivals for fans knowledgeable about film history, Sampson said, and as a fan of revivals himself, attending screenings in nostalgic theaters adds a romantic quality to modern movie-going.
• • appreciating older films • •  . . .
• • This delightful article will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: The Daily Bruin (a student newspaper at UCLA, Los Angeles); published on Tuesday, 20 November 2018.
• • On Monday, 4 December 1933 • •
• • Motion Picture Herald ran an article on Mae West, who had been robbed, in the issue dated for Monday, 4 December 1933.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • Archie Mayo directed the speakeasy motion picture "Night After Night" [1932] — — a George Raft vehicle that did more for Mae's career than for the street tough thespian best known for "Scarface."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “Honey, I’ve never been embarrassed in my whole life.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The N.Y. Daily News mentioned Mae West.
• • “In a Mae West Film” • •
• • Hollywood, Dec. 8 (AP). Elsie Dempsey, the youthful sister of ex-heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, has landed a small role in a new Mae West picture. "It's small, but it has possibilities," Miss Dempsey said.  . . .
• • Source: The N.Y. Daily News; published on Monday, 9 December 1935
• • 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 4097th 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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