Mae West: Now Toronto

A cartoon once depicted MAE WEST yanking G.B. Shaw's beard. If only the two controversial writers could chat during Shaw Fest, which is presenting “Sex” in Canada. Now Toronto put Glenn Sumi in the aisle seat. This is Part 1 of 5 segments.
• • Shaw Festival review: Sex feels relevant, even after nearly 100 years • •
• • Mae West's controversial play is messy, but its themes of hypocrisy, class and female empowerment remain urgent in Peter Hinton-Davis's stunning production.
• • Glenn Sumi wrote: Sex sells. Buxom burlesque performer Mae West understood that throughout her long career, so it’s no surprise she gave the title to her 1926 play, which, despite scathing reviews, ran for a year and a half on Broadway to packed houses.

• • Glenn Sumi wrote: The Shaw Festival’s revival – incredibly, it’s the Canadian premiere – puts the play in fascinating context.
• • Less controversial in 2019 — — but still relevant • •  . . .
• • Glenn Sumi’s review will continue on the next post.
• • Source: Now Toronto; published on Wednesday, 4 September 2019.
• • On Saturday, 30 September 1911 • •
• • On Friday, 22 September 1911, 18-year-old Mae West was in the spotlight. On that date, "A La Broadway" had opened at the Folies-Bergere Theatre, New York, NY. This short-lived revue (produced in an expensive venue) closed on Saturday night, 30 September 1911.
• • Variety noted on September 30th: "Folies Bergere Experiment Reaching an End."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Salary checks of individuals made public by the Treasury among about 18,000 persons who received $15,000 or more during 1934 follows: Mae West, actress, Paramount, $339,166.65.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Don't believe all you read in the papers. I am not broke. I am only down to my last few millions.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Missouri daily mentioned Mae West.
• • New York in the "Gay 90s" Is Stem of New Mae West Hit • • 
• • “Every Day’s a Holiday” is from an original story by Miss West herself. It was directed by Edward Sutherland and produced by Emanuel Cohen.
• • New York In its most glittering and romantic mood-the mood of the Gay Nineties and the Naughty Turn-of-the-Century, the period that saw "Diamond Jim" Brady, "Jubilee Jim Fiske and other bon vivants at their gayest, is the playground of curious Mae West In her new film comedy, "Every Day's a Holiday," showing today and Friday at the opening Sunday at the Dickinson Theatre.
• • Set at the turn of the century, Miss West’s latest screen adventure is the story of a girl named Peaches O’Day with a penchant for selling the Brooklyn Bridge to unsuspecting millionaires and tourists, an idiosyncrasy which gets her into difficulty.  . . .
• • Source: Chillicothe Constitution Tribune; published on Saturday, 12 February 1938
• • 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 15th anniversary • •  

• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,300 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4312th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Silver Screen Sex

Was MAE WEST really misquoted? Let’s find out. This is Part 8 of eight sections, the finale.
• • 1930s sex symbol Mae West has been misquoted for decades, book reveals • •
• • “I lived like a man, in some ways” • •
• • Stephanie Nolasco wrote: From 1954 until 1956 she toured the country with a nightclub act where she surrounded herself with young musclemen. One of her gladiators, Mickey Hargitay, would go on to marry another Hollywood blonde bombshell who found inspiration in Mae West — Jayne Mansfield.
• • Stephanie Nolasco wrote:  West’s last credit in films was 1977’s “Sextette,” where the actress played a role she knew best — — that of a glamorous silver screen sex symbol. West was 84 at the time.

• • Stephanie Nolasco wrote: And the woman who personified the sexual innuendo had zero regrets doing things her way. “I lived like a man, in some ways — decided what I wanted and went after it,” West once said, as reported by the Los Angeles Times. “I’m not sorry. A friend of mine once wrote that I was ‘self-enchanted but never self-deceiving,’ and I hope that was always true. I got what I wanted. I still have it. Like I said a long time ago, ‘a real star never stops.’”
• • Stephanie Nolasco wrote: Mae West passed away in 1980 at age 87.
• • This article by Stephanie Nolasco has now concluded with this post, the eighth. Did you enjoy it?
• • Source: Fox News; published on Wednesday, 4 September 2019.
• • On Thursday, 27 September 1934 in Boston Herald • •
• • A review of "Belle of the Nineties" appeared in the Boston Herald on this date.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Earl Carroll wanted Mae West and W, C. Fields for his new 'Vanities,' which opens May 6 in Boston before coming into the Winter Garden, NY, with a proposed $4 top. Not being able to get them, it will only be a $3 top affair with 'new legit faces.' 
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Look, I haven't got a bookkeeper's mind. I can't remember what I paid for those things five or six years ago."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Singapore daily mentioned kissing and Mae West.
• • Mae West's First Kiss • •
• • Hollywood — For the first time in any of her films, Mae West has agreed to kiss a man.
• • The lucky man is Charles Winninger, who is playing the part of a social reformer in the film she is now making, "Every Day's a Holiday."
• • Said Mae in announcing the big decision: "I figured I owed just one kiss to reformers as a class. So Charlie gets it.  He's old enough not to take it too seriously."
• • Mae West is 45 and Charles Winninger is 53.  …
• • Source: The Straits Times; published on Sunday, 26 September 1937
• • 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 15th anniversary • •  

• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,300 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4311th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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