Mae West: WNET and Mae

New York City station WNET is preparing a new program about MAE WEST.
• • American Masters — "Mae West: I'm No Angel" • •
• • Production of a documentary film on writer—actress Mae West (1893–1980). • •
• • WNET received a production grant from the NEH for a multi-platform project about the writer and actress Mae West, her extraordinary career and her untold impact on American entertainment and culture. The centerpiece of the project is a documentary biography of Mae West titled Mae West: "I’m No Angel" that will be broadcast in late 2019 or early 2020 as part of WNET’s American Masters series. Among the many entertainers who defined 20th century American show business, Mae West occupied a unique place. Over the course of an 80-year career that saw great acclaim in every major popular entertainment medium, West constantly challenged social norms with her unconventional female characters.
• • Taking the full measure of her life and career reveals a singular artist who served as a kind of fever chart of changing social mores in 20th century America.

• • “Mae West: I’m No Angel” will explore the life and legacy of this complex cultural figure who left an indelible imprint on American entertainment.
• • On Saturday, 18 December 1937 • •
• • "Every Day's a Holiday," a Gay Nineties motion picture comedy film starring and co-written by Mae West, was released in the USA in December — — on Saturday, 18 December 1937.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Jorge Junior is 23 and fits Mae West's description of ideal masculinity — — being "tall, dark and handsome." He came to the States in February 1942, brought here by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  “Kissing is good in any position. If a girl closes her eyes when she kisses a guy, he's gotta be nothing to look at.”
• • Mae West said:  “A man’s kiss is his signature.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A film daily mentioned Mae West.
• • “Mae West Going East” • • 
• • Motion Picture Herald wrote: Reports from the west coast have it that all of Mae West will make a tour of the nation's stages in connection with her newly finished picture "Tropicana," a Gregory Ratoff production. If the tour develops as planned, Miss West will be the first top star in a number of years to go on a bally-hoo tour. . . . 
• • Source: Item in Motion Picture Herald; published on Saturday, 18 September 1943
• • 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 4106th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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