• • Mae West: More Than Meets the Eye • •
• • Mae West’s impact has lasted far beyond her career • •
• • Katherine Johnson wrote: Mae West’s impact has lasted far beyond her career as a prominent female figure in early Hollywood. To this day she is seen as a sex symbol and an important figure for the camp tradition. West is hard to forget for the defiant nature that still clings to her image; but she is also so often forgotten for the other creative and brave things that she did during her career. A woman with creative liberties like hers, who pushed back against the Production Code in the 1930s through her storytelling and dialogue, was something quite unique. She was more than met the eye, and I’d argue she still is.
• • “She Done Him Wrong” played at the IU Cinema on Saturday, September 29 at 4 pm as a part of the City Lights Film Series.
• • Katherine Johnson is a PhD Candidate in Communication and Culture, Katherine studies film and media, genre (particularly the Western), gender, and performance. She has a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and has been fascinated with film since she could remember.
• • This article by Katherine Johnson has now been concluded with this sixth segment.
• • Source: Article by Katherine Johnson for Indiana University Cinema… A Place for Film™; posted on Wednesday, 26 September 2018.
• • On Sunday, 11 March 1934 • •
• • "Lemme see this Mae West first. Then I tell you!" • •
• • Jacob I. Lieberman, age 89, sat down in the theater, took one look at the huge figures on the screen, fumbled for his hat and cane and exclaimed: "I'm going out! People are climbing on the walls." Asked for his opinion of Greta Garbo, he said: "I want to see this Mae West first. Then I tell you."
• • Source: The San Bernardino Daily Sun; published on Sunday, 11 March 1934.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • This month may also mark the beginning of Mae West's slide down from her current peak of popularity — unless she does something different. In "I'm No Angel," she repeats the formula that brought her such immense original success.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Men, make every woman love you — — but don't love every woman. Pet them, like a tabby cat. They love it."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Lancaster, PA newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • “Divas and Dames: Kiss the Heels Goodbye’’ • •
• • Musical revue for adult audiences featuring marionettes and impressions of stars by Robert Brock, including Mae West, Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Bette Midler and Carol Channing. Show continues through 7 March 2020. Sat. 7 p.m. $30. Lancaster Marionette Theatre on 126 N. Water St. Phone: 717-394-8398. …
• • Source: Lancaster Online; published on Thursday, 20 February 2020
• • 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 4,400 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,428th 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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