Mae West: Undisputed Queen

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 5, which wraps up this review by Ms. Meloni.
• • Better Than Sex: The Story of Mae West • •
• • audience seemed startled • • 
• • Marianna Meloni wrote: When the lights go up in the lofty venue, the audience seems startled, expecting perhaps an encore or a more theatrical finale.
• • Marianna Meloni wrote: Wanting to explore the life and deeds of the undisputed queen of double entendre, Temporarily Misplaced Productions delivers an intriguing embryonal work which still has significant potential for research and development.
• • Producer: Temporarily Misplaced Productions
• • Credits: Mae West: Bella Bevan; Director/Writer was Emily Hutt
• • Source: Review for Everything Theatre U.K.; published on Friday, 19 April 2019.
• • On Tuesday, 28 May 1935 • •
• • The Straits Times in Singapore carried this headline: "Mae West Marriage Claim — —   Come Up and See My Lawyer Some Time."  Uh-oh. Trouble brewing.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • She said, with some show of annoyance that she had never married Mr. Frank Wallace nor any other man for that matter. And to show that she meant it, she refused to show herself in the streets of the film city for months afterwards. Which goes to show that the cinema queen is a woman of some modesty.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I can do more with my voice and eyes than another woman can do turning herself inside out."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Motion Picture Herald mentioned Mae West.
• • Rotsky Stages Cycle Parade on "Goin’ to Town" • •
• • Day ahead of opening George Rotsky, Montreal Palace Theatre secured the cooperation of local bicycle club for a "Goin' to Town" cycle parade, boys with title cards on handle bars covering downtown sections of city.
• • Specially printed folders with picture plug and listing of horses were distributed at the Montreal Jockey Club, theatre presented trophy to winner of special race, thus gaining additional publicity on sports page.
• • Hat shop tied in by featuring Mae West chapeaux and devoting window to display with scene stills. For his front George Rotsky used huge cutouts of Mae West atop his marquee and at either side of entrance. . . .
• • 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 4222nd 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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