Mae West: Untamed Thespian

The British can’t get enough of MAE WEST. Emily Hutt’s 50-minute cabaret style “tell all” on Mae West was offered on April 15th at a small jazz club and starred Bella Bevan. Though the short-lived show is over, here is a review. This is Part 3.
• • Better Than Sex: The Story of Mae West • •
• • Text, Songs, Snippets • •
• • Terry Eastham wrote:  And so the story goes on. From vaudeville to Hollywood, where her acting and re-writing of scripts saved Paramount Pictures from bankruptcy, her struggles with the strict Hays censorship office, and her eventual move out of films and back to the stage. All told, Mae West had a really interesting life and Emily Hutt and Bella Bevan have brought her story to life with text, songs and snippets of the one-liners that made her so famous.
• • Terry Eastham wrote:  The production is nicely staged, and is a really loving rendition of the life of this multi-talented thespian. Bevan flirts with the audience in true Mae style and has a really great singing voice that brings great songs including “Frankie and Johnny” and “Fifi” to life.
• • suggestive lyrics • • . . .
• • This review will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: London Theatre1; published on Wednesday, 17 April 2019.
• • On Saturday, 15 May 1948 • •

• • Mae West and Jim Timony boarded the Queen Mary on Saturday, 15 May 1948 at Southampton, England for a return voyage to New York City, arriving in their home port on 19 May 1948.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Miss Mae West, publicised as the "girl with the 50,000 dollars treasure chest," now holds a policy for that amount from Lloyds of London.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Since man started giving woman any sort of an even chance, the female of our species has got ahead quickly. More swiftly than has man, when you think of the comparative time woman has been free to act and think for herself."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on an old TV series shot in NYC mentioned Mae West.
• • David Farley wrote: This leafy garden in the shadow of the neo-Gothic building is the spot where Miranda and Steve tied the proverbial knot in season 6. The garden sits on a spot that was once a women’s prison that even housed Mae West at one time. Today it’s a place for locals to seek refuge from the bustle of the Big Apple. …
• • Source: Newsweek; published on Tuesday, 30 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 4213th 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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