Mae West: A Visible Passion

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 2.
• • Better Than Sex: The Story of Mae West • •
• • A promising opening scene • •
• • Marianna Meloni wrote: A promising opening scene involves some of the biting one-liners that made the artist famous, smattered with sexual innuendos and proudly boasting her licentious conduct. Sustained comic timing and the unexpected breaking of the fourth wall contribute to warm up the punters sat around the small, marble-topped tables of the Toulouse Lautrec Jazz Club.
• • Marianna Meloni wrote: Born on the verge of the 20th century, Mary Jane West started entertaining crowds at the age of five, with a visible passion for performing that soon turned into a profession. Her first Broadway appearance, aged 18, introduced Mary to the wider public and inspired her to start writing her own plays.
• • a risqué piece called “Sex” • • . . .
• • This review will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Review for Everything Theatre U.K.; published on Friday, 19 April 2019.
• • On Wednesday, 23 May 1928 • •

• • An article in Variety discussed the costumes designed by Dolly Tree for Mae West.
• • Variety wrote about Mae's lingerie for her boudoir scenes, those daring nighties of "heavy cream lace and yellow chiffon flounces."
• • Source: Article: "Diamond Lil'' written by the Drama Desk of Variety; published on Wednesday, 23 May 1928.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • In the motion picture "She Done Him Wrong," the popular 1890s ballad "She's More to Be Pitied Than Censured" was sung in Gus Jordan's Bowery saloon by 45-year-old Fred Santley, who was billed as "the tenor" in the credits.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "When I was a kid, Freud wasn't there to explain."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Motion Picture Herald mentioned Mae West.
• • “Goin' to Town” starring Mae West— While this was not the production of "Belle of the Nineties," this did better for us at the box-office. Only thing I might suggest was that there was too much Mae West.
• • Running time, 64 minutes. Played June 16-17-18. — — wrote Ivan W. Rowley, proprietor, Ward Theatre, Pismo Beach, California. . . .
• • 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 4219th 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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