Mae West: Past 38

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 2.
• • The Mae West test • •
• • Past 38 • •
• • Scott Marks wrote: Another: most actresses don’t make it much past 38 in Hollywood years, but that’s precisely how old West was when Paramount signed her under contract in 1932. The censors forewarned the studio in no uncertain terms that West’s bawdy Broadway smash "Diamond Lil" would never make it to the screen.
• • Scott Marks wrote:  The actress/author changed the title, altered her character’s name from Lil to Lou, and stepped up the double entendres and sexual innuendo, leaving the blue-noses no choice but to let it pass.
• • Blame it on Betty Boop • • . . .
• • This article will continue on the next post.
• • Source: The San Diego Reader; published on Thursday, 18 April 2019.
• • On Sunday, 2 May 1982 • •
• • In the United States the bio-pic "Mae West" was shown on TV on Sunday, 2 May 1982. Actress Ann Jillian was cast in the title role. To announce this, Chicago TV Week Magazine put a beautiful photo of Mae on their cover; this issue was dated for May 2nd, too.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • With Mae West, recalled one Tinseltown actor, the cops were in there all the time.
• • In Her Own Words • •

• • Mae West said: "Adam sure started something. Men are a very important subject."• • Was Mae West thinking about her 1937 radio role of Eve when she mentioned Adam?
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on being an editor mentioned Mae West.
• • Nick Lingerfelt wrote: One semester to be Editor-in-Chief is not a long time. However, to paraphrase Mae West, who said, "You only live once.But if you do it right, once is enough" — — if you do the editor's job right, then once is enough. . . .
• • Source: The Daily Helmsman; published on Wednesday, 24 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 4204th 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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