Mae West: Brick Schtickhouse

On Thursday, 18 April 2019, there was an article discussing MAE WEST’s chops as a comedienne. Let’s enjoy it together. This is Part 6, the finale.
• • The Mae West test • •
• • Brick Schtickhouse Mae West • •
• • Scott Marks wrote: When Universal finally got around to pairing the two in 1940, time and the censors had worked their awful magic, taking much of the blush off brick schtickhouse West and her gin-blossomed foil. (Who wants to contemplate romance between a snarling misanthrope and a female lead who many considered to be a hermaphrodite?)

• • Scott Marks wrote: The two stars had very little regard for each other, so much so that W.C. Fields walked off the picture, never to return. Half of the fun is watching to see in which shots the comedian was doubled.
• • This article has now concluded with this post. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
• • Source: The San Diego Reader; published on Thursday, 18 April 2019.
• • On Saturday, 8 May 1926 • •
• • Unflattering comments about Mae West's play "Sex" (the phrase "street sweepings" was in the description) were printed in The New Yorker, their issue dated for Saturday, 8 May 1926.  Aww. Somebody was not swayed by all that free beer Mae was pouring backstage. Tsk tsk.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • For the 1972 audio album "Great Balls of Fire," Mae West performed the rock and roll classic "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," which has been recorded by many vocalists including Jerry Lee Lewis.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “Every man has sex appeal. Mr. Eisenhower's a leader; a leader has drive and decision and power, and that makes a man a man. Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver have got it, too.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Long Island paper mentioned Mae West.
• • A Taste of Old Hollywood Comes to Tanger Outlets in Riverhead, L.I. • •
• • Costume: Mae West as Peaches O’Day in “Every Day’s A Holiday,” 1937.
• • Designer: Schiaparelli
• • Annette Hinkle wrote: The clothing on display at Tanger was worn by everyone from Mae West and Joan Crawford, to John Wayne and Fred Astaire and it represents just a fraction of the thousands of items in Gene London’s collection. The 87-year-old Gene London began his career as a TV host for a local kids cartoon show in Philadelphia in the 1960s and 1970s before moving to New York to become a fashion designer. …
• • Source: 27 East; published on Thursday, 11 April 2019
• • 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 4208th 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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