Mae West: It Was Risqué

The British fans of MAE WEST can’t seem to get enough of the controversial blonde bombshell. Emily Hutt’s 50-minute cabaret style “tell all” on Mae West was offered on April 15th at a small jazz club in London and starred Bella Bevan. Though the one-night show is over, here is a review. This is Part 3.
• • Better Than Sex: The Story of Mae West • •
• • a risqué piece called “Sex” • •
• • Marianna Meloni wrote: The first self-penned starring role to hit the stage was part of a risqué piece called “Sex,” which also caused her to be arrested.
• • Marianna Meloni wrote: Close to her forties, Mae West swapped the limelight for the silver screen, where she also insisted on having an active input during the creative process. Her unmistakably irreverent attitude earned her great popularity amongst the public, whereas, at the same time, she fought a lifelong battle against censorship. According to her own account, this controversy earned her the biggest fortune and ensured the immortality of her character.
• • Mae West’s eccentric persona • • . . .
• • This review will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Review for Everything Theatre U.K.; published on Friday, 19 April 2019.
• • On Friday, 24 May 1929 • •

• • It was 1929 and Broadway star Mae West was feeling fine, touring from coast to coast with "Diamond Lil" — — specifically on Friday, 24 May 1929. And when a news man for a Midwestern tabloid approached, she agreed to an interview. She told him that she had performed with Van Tenni's Arab Acrobatic Troupe.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Compared to Brando, Beatty, or Stewart Granger, actress Mae West was a paragon of the Protestant work ethic. Few worked harder in Hollywood.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “Save a boyfriend for a rainy day, and another in case it doesn’t rain.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Motion Picture Herald mentioned Mae West.
• • Why don't the church going public give RKO a break now? Paramount Pictures mad?
• • Mae West in "Goin' to Town" and the public flocked to see her and her fantasy. We played a picture of Our Saviour Himself and got very few. After all I guess it's life. Running time, 72 minutes. Played Tune 21-22. — — — wrote G. E. .Shannon, proprietor, Swissland Theatre, Woodsfield, Ohio. . .
• • Source: Motion Picture Herald;  published on Saturday, 6 July 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 4,200 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fourteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4220th 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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