Mae West: Skepticism, Snark

MAE WEST is one of the bad girl actresses mentioned in a long, fascinating series. Let’s have a look. This is Part 6, the conclusion.
• • “This Is the Action of a Very Naughty Young Lady” • •
• • The 1930s Glamour Factory, Fear of Socialist Agitators, and “The Luther of Burbank” • •
• • Three controversial actresses • •
• • Kerry McElroy wrote: Bette Davis, like Mae West, and Tallulah Bankhead came to Hollywood with quite a bit of skepticism, snark, and a thriving Broadway career.
• • Kerry McElroy wrote: In the case of Bette Davis, she also arrived on the West Coast equipped with an excellent education and a particularly keen mind.  . . .

• • Kerry McElroy wrote: Coming from the East Coast and the theatre world, like Mae West, Bette Davis felt she saw through the bluster and faux-aristocratic airs of the moguls. She noted, “The insecurity of most of these moguls made them wary of a literate group of kids from the theatre” . . .
• • Note: Kerry McElroy is a feminist film historian and doctoral candidate at Concordia University, Montreal.  Kerry McElroy writes about pioneering women, including Mae West and Bette Davis, in this third series installment of Bette, Marilyn, and #MeToo: What Studio-Era Actresses Can Teach Us About Economics and Rebellion, Post-Weinstein.
• • This is the final segment of the Mae West portions of a longer article. We hope you enjoyed it.
• • Source: Independent Magazine; published on Sunday, 30 September 2018.
• • On Saturday, 13 March 1937 in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West declined Ted Peckham's invitation to the premiere of "Lost Horizon." Ted Peckham is a 22-year-old 'Gigolo King.'
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Correspondence was flying back and forth from the Hays Office regarding "It Ain't No Sin" starring Mae West.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "lt just breaks my heart when the censors take out my best cracks."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • AdWeek mentioned Mae West.
• • The Lost Arlene Dahl Interview Highlights One of Hollywood’s Unlikeliest Age-Gap Romances • •
• • Richard Horgan wrote: Separated in age by 18 years, Arlene Dahl and March Rosen tied the knot several decades after the coupling of Mae West and Chester Rybinski / Paul Novak, and years ahead of two other more famous older-woman-younger man Hollywood unions . . .
• • Source: AdWeek; published on Monday, 8 April 2013

• • 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 4168th 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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