Mae West: More Important

John Chapman, drama critic for The New York Daily News, was nicknamed “Old Frost Face,” however, his pen warmed up to MAE WEST. Let’s enjoy his review of “Diamond Lil,” published in that newspaper in 1949. This is Part 4.
• • Same Old Mae in Same Old Play — — “Diamond Lil” Is Funnier Now • •
• • Lots of Competition on 9 April 1928 • •
• • John Chapman wrote: On the evening of April 9, 1928, "Diamond Lil" didn't even get the second-string reviewers, or the third-stringers; it got theatre-loving reporters off the city desks, including me, who were eager to see anything on a pair of passes.
• • John Chapman wrote: Much more important premieres were taking place that night, and the big critics had their choice of the following: Molnar's "The Play's the Thing," with Holbrook Blinn; "The Greenwich Village Follies," with Grace La Rue, Dr. Rockwell and Jans and Whalen; the Theatre Guild's "Volpone," with Alfred Lunt, . . . et cetera.

• • John Chapman wrote: In the face of such competition, Miss West had to claw her way up.
• • Claw she did • • . . .
• • Source: The New York Daily News; published on Monday, 7 February 1949.
• • On Sunday, 29 April 1928 • •
• • Percy Hammond wrote an article about Mae West. The title was “The Rewards of Virtue” and it was published in the New York Tribune on Sunday, 29 April 1928.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West, in a trailing satin dress, with make-up thick on her features and a huge bunch of orchids clutched in a heavily jeweled hand, gave her fans a smile and was taken off to the Ritz-Carlton, where she is staying.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:   "No, I don't want to sit down and have my dress wrinkle."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on USA presidents mentioned Mae West.
• • Paul Brandus wrote: FDR was depicted more times on the silver screen — in both fiction and nonfiction — than any other president, and in keeping with his wishes, he was never shown in a wheelchair or with a handicap. Roosevelt was as much a movie fan as anyone else. During the Depression, he was known to enjoy “I’m No Angel,” a 1933 comedy starring Mae West and Cary Grant  —  along with Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Mickey Mouse cartoons.  …
• • Source: West Wing Reports; published on Saturday, 26 September 2015
• • 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 4,200 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fourteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4201st 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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