Mae West: Marlo's Old Flame

MAE WEST had many admirers: some who enjoyed her and others who understood her. John Seal, who recommends “Sextette,” explains  how to appreciate this campy comedy. This is part 2 of 9.
• • Making a case for “Sextette” • •
• • Mae West: “Sextette” is pure camp • •
• • John Seal wrote: The actual result, however, is pure camp on a par with The Village People’s Can’t Stop the Music and Menahem Golan’s The Apple.
• • John Seal wrote: 85-year old West stars as Marlo Manners, a legendary movie star who’s just acquired her sixth husband, British nobleman Sir Michael Barrington (Dalton), and the story begins at London’s fictional Sussex Court Hotel, where the newlyweds plan to spend their honeymoon.

• • John Seal wrote: As fate would have it, the Sussex Court is also hosting an international conference led by avuncular American diplomat Chambers (Walter Pidgeon, in his last performance)—and one of the delegates is stubborn Soviet ‘Sexy’ Alexei Karansky (Tony Curtis), an old flame of Marlo’s who refuses to vote ‘da’ on a resolution of tremendous importance to world peace.
• • Mae West: “Sextette” has a cast worthy of the U.N. • • ...    
• • John Seal's 9-part analysis of ”Sextette” will continue.
• • Source: Berkeleyside; published on Tuesday, 15 June 2010.
• • On Sunday, 20 January 1929 • •
• • On Sunday, 20 January 1929 Mae brought "Diamond Lil" to Chicago, where it made its Midwest debut to a packed house. For most of the 16-week engagement, the play attracted a large audience in the Windy City.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West among the cows and chickens! Romance in a barnyard and love among the hayricks! That's “Go West Young Man,” Miss West's latest starring vehicle with Warren William, Randolph Scott, Lyle Talbot and many others.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “I’m no model lady.  A model’s just an imitation of the real thing.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A recent book review mentioned Mae West.
• • Review: "The Entertainer" depicts old Hollywood • •
• • Associated Press wrote: Even after finding his groove as an actor, Lyle Talbot was still a bit of a wide-eyed kid from Nebraska. He was a party-goer and ladies' man, but he was so put off, even frightened, by actress Mae West's in-your-face sexuality that he hid out for a  week to avoid joining the road company of "Sex," her latest scandalous play. ...
• • Source: Deccan Chronicle (in syndication); published on Tuesday, 15 January 2013
• • 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 16th 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 4,600 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,652nd 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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