Mae West: Probably Knew

PBS wrote an article on MAE WEST.
• • “Mae West: Dirty Blonde” is the unoriginal title, copied from a stage play. This is Part 1 of 3 segments.
• • The Time Mae West Spent Eight Days in Jail • •
• • PBS wrote: On February 9, 1927, Mae West went backstage of a performance of her play “Sex” and found herself surrounded by officers from the New York Police Department’s Municipal Vice Squad, which rounded up the cast and put them into black police vans.

• • PBS wrote: Mae West was a smart talking, wise cracking, blonde bombshell of 1930’s cinema, famous for some of the sharpest and most suggestive one-liners in the history of the movies. As both a playwright and screenwriter, she wrote many of those lines herself.
• • PBS wrote: Mae West came up in the world of burlesque prior to her arrival in Hollywood. As her career struggled, she took the bold step of writing a play in which she had the starring role of a sex worker.
• • PBS wrote: West probably knew that “Sex” would be controversial at a time when American culture was coming under increasing scrutiny and censorship, even though her play was less about sex and more about the power dynamics between men and women.
• • Mae West: Panned by critics in New York • • ...
• • The second excerpt will appear on Thursday.
• • Source: PBS; posted on Friday, 12 June  2020.
• • On Wednesday, 30 June 1937 • •
• • The Straits Times in Singapore was up to date with Mae West, in their own fashion. On Wednesday, 30 June 1937, this was the headline on page 12: "Mae West Comes East to Singapore."  
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Set for a trial in Los Angeles are two musclemen from “The Mae West Revue.”
• • Bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay filed assault charges against Charles Krauser, who punched him out in Mae West's dressing room. Krauser pleaded self defense.  
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "If a picture of mine didn't get an X rating, I'd be insulted."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about Blu-Ray releases of 1930s films mentioned Mae West.
• • Raymond Benson reviews the Mae West Kino Lorber Blu-Ray Releases
• • Raymond Benson wrote: The witty, controversial, and fabulous actress/comedienne Mae West displays her jewelry to the coat check girl. “Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!” the girl exclaims. Mae West coolly replies in her sultry, New York-accented signature voice, “Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.”
• • Raymond Benson wrote: The line was also the title of Mae West’s memoir, published in 1959, and is one of her many memorable utterances, along with “Come up and see me sometime.” (However, the first time this one is spoken, in She Done Him Wrong, she actually says, “Why don’t you come up sometime and see me?”) . . .
• • Source: Cinema Retro; posted on  Monday, 14 June 2021
• • 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 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,767th 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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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • accompanied by Stan Stanley and Jim Timony in 1927 • •
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Mae West: Blu-Ray Mae #9

MAE WEST returns in Blu-Ray Releases, thanks to Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Kino Lorber Studio Classics has unveiled the details of their June 2021 Blu-Ray releases including works from such icons as Mae West, Benny Hill, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Jennifer Connelly, Robert Altman, Alastair Sim, Cary Grant and more.
• • “Night After Night” • •
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Synopsis: Screen greats George Raft (Spawn of the North) and Mae West (She Done Him Wrong) star in the Pre-Code drama Night After Night, about a speakeasy owner with a colorful past.

• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Joe Anton (Raft), an ex-thug intent on losing his street-smart manner, hires a proper spinster named Mabel (Alison Skipworth, The Song of Songs) to accompany him and Miss Healy (Constance Cummings, The Battle of the Sexes) to dinner at his swanky establishment.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Complicating matters, his flamboyant ex-girlfriend, Maudie Triplett (Mae West), breezes over to their table and innocently begins to expose Joe’s criminal past.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Making her screen debut, Mae West delighted audiences with her wit, beauty and charm, thus launching her career as one of the most unforgettable Hollywood icons of all time.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Co-starring Louis Calhern (The Magnificent Yankee) and wonderfully directed by Archie Mayo (The Petrified Forest).
• • Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson | 6 Mae West Trailers
• • Source: Geek Vibes Nation; posted on Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• • On Saturday, 29 June 1935 • •
• • Paramount liaison John Hammell wrote diplomatic letters to Will Hays but his skills were sorely tested by the "Klondike Annie" project.  One of Hammell's soothing missives (dated for 29 June 1935) explained:  "The ending of our story will be a romance between Mae West and one of the characters in our picture, and it will indicate for the future a normal life and nothing that will bring condemnation from the most scrupulous."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Born in New York City, Vera West designed the gowns Mae West wore in her collaboration with W.C. Fields.  Vera West remained at Universal until her death in 1947 where she was responsible for the gowns for the most part. Her credit appeared on 339 motion pictures.
• • Vera West died in Los Angeles on Sunday, 29 June 1947. She was 49.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Why don't you come up and see me some time? Make it Tuesday, that's amateur night."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about gender and films mentioned Mae West.
• • A Gender Variance Who's Who wrote:  The motion picture "Dinah East" [1969] tells of a female film star (Jeremy Stockwell in his first role) who is found to be male-bodied after she dies. The suggestion that this was a reference to Mae West is too strong, she threatens legal action, and the film is withdrawn.  ...
• • Source: A Gender Variance Who's Who; posted on Monday, 1 June 2009
• • 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 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,766th 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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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • in 1932 • •
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Mae West: Blu-Ray Mae #8

MAE WEST returns in Blu-Ray Releases, thanks to Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Kino Lorber Studio Classics has unveiled the details of their June 2021 Blu-Ray releases including works from such icons as Mae West, Benny Hill, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Jennifer Connelly, Robert Altman, Alastair Sim, Cary Grant and more.
• • “My Little Chickadee” • •
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Synopsis: The inimitable Mae West (Klondike Annie) portrays the voluptuous Flower Belle Lee, whose reputation is tarnished when she is seen embracing a masked bandit in her bedroom.

• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Forced to leave town until she can prove she is respectable—and married—Flower Belle boards a train where she meets the incorrigible Cuthbert J. Twillie (W.C. Fields, Running Wild).
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Believing he’s quite a catch, Flower Belle accepts Twillie’s marriage proposal. The newlyweds stop in the town of Greasewood where Twillie’s exaggerated tales of adventure earn him the honor of becoming the sheriff of the town and bartender at “The Last Gasp” saloon.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: My Little Chickadee was written by its legendary stars Mae West and W.C. Fields, with wonderful direction by Edward F. Cline (Never Give a Sucker an Even Break).
• • Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson | 6 Mae West Trailers
• • Source: Geek Vibes Nation; posted on Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• • On Thursday, 28 June 1934 • •
• • On Thursday, 28 June 1934 this article appeared in the Nevada State Journal as well as other newspapers in the USA and abroad.
• • "It Ain't No Sin," starring Mae West, Hit by Churchmen • •
• • New York, June 27, A.P. — — A Mae West movie of the same type that established the swaggering actress as the premier screen siren and one featuring Dolores Del Rio as the French Madame du Barry became the first victims of a militant church campaign for decency in pictures. ...
• • Both the Mae West "Ain't No Sin" and the Miss Del Rio biographical picture were withdrawn from application for licensing in New York. The censors did not know what "sin" referred to in the Mae West film.
• • Paramount Productions Inc., producers of Miss West's pictures, announced it was being sent back to Hollywood for revision and would be reissued another time.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West, an American stage and movie comedian in the 1930s and 1940s, was the unparalleled mistress of double entendre.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about censorship Mae West.
• • "Producers Alarmed — — Ban on Films" • •
• • Hollywood, June 16. Big picture producers are alarmed at the effect of a ban by the National Women's Council on famous studios such as Paramount and United Artists because of alleged suggestive or indecent pictures. It is rumoured here that it may mean the end of the careers of Mae West and Anna Sten if the ban extends.  ...
• • Source: The Queensland Times; published on Monday, 18 June 1934
• • 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 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,765th 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: Blu-Ray Mae #7

MAE WEST returns in Blu-Ray Releases, thanks to Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Kino Lorber Studio Classics has unveiled the details of their June 2021 Blu-Ray releases including works from such icons as Mae West, Benny Hill, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Jennifer Connelly, Robert Altman, Alastair Sim, Cary Grant and more.
• • “Every Day's a Holiday” • •
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Synopsis: The impeccable Mae West (She Done Him Wrong) is Peaches O’Day, a con artist who befriends Captain Jim McCarey (Edmund Lowe, Chandu the Magician), a cop who must turn her in unless she leaves town.

• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: The clever Peaches returns transformed as sultry brunette and Parisian sensation Mademoiselle Fifi.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: After catching the show, crooked mayoral candidate John Quade (Lloyd Nolan, The House on 92nd Street) tries to close it down when Peaches demurely declines his romantic overtures.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Captain McCarey jumps in the race for mayor against Quade, and the loyal Peaches fervently campaigns for him.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: With the help of jazz great Louis Armstrong (A Man Called Adam) on trumpet, an enthusiastic Mae West rallies the crowd to “Laugh, Sing and Vote!” in a delightful final scene.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Written by Mae West and directed by A. Edward Sutherland (It’s the Old Army Game).
• • Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Kat Ellinger | 6 Mae West Trailers
• • Source: Geek Vibes Nation; posted on Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• • On  Monday, 25 June 1956 • •
• • "The Mae West Revue" would be opening soon in Atlantic City, Mae West told reporters on Monday, 25 June 1956. The night club act was now short on one well-built gladiator.  It's a good thing Chuck and Mickey took separate flights to Idlewild Airport.  
• • To prevent this incident from fueling more articles, Mae suggested he change his name to Paul Novak. Years later Mae West told an interviewer, “Paul showed what he was made of and what he would do for me.”
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West's amazing new contribution to screen history, "Belle of the Nineties," reveals the Paramount screen sensation more beautiful and alluring than ever as the foremost charmer of the gallant Southland of the Gay and Naughty Nineties.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Camp is the kinda comedy that imitates me."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about apparel and academia mentioned Mae West.
• • Caroline Evans wrote: Jane Gallop, professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, aka "the post-structuralist Mae West," vamps it up on the lecture circuit — — Jane once gave a lecture on psychoanalysis and the phallus dressed in a skirt made of men's ties stitched together.   ...
• • Source: Article: "What not to wear if you want to get on" written by Caroline Evans for TLS Higher Education section; posted on Friday, 18 June 2004
• • 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 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,764th 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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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • in 1937 • •
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Mae West: Blu-Ray Mae #6

MAE WEST returns in Blu-Ray Releases, thanks to Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Kino Lorber Studio Classics has unveiled the details of their June 2021 Blu-Ray releases including works from such icons as Mae West, Benny Hill, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Jennifer Connelly, Robert Altman, Alastair Sim, Cary Grant and more.
• • “Go West Young Man” • •
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Synopsis: Screen legend Mae West (I’m No Angel) stars in the screwball comedy Go West Young Man, about a frustrated actress whose amorous desires keep getting her in trouble.

• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Movie star Mavis Arden (West) is bound by a contract stating that she cannot marry for five years, which her press agent Morgan (Warren William, Employees’ Entrance) strictly enforces.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: While on a publicity tour, their car breaks down and leaves them stuck in a boarding house full of odd characters. One in particular catches Mavis’ eye—the robust farmhand Bud (Randolph Scott, Western Union).
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Mavis seductively pursues Bud and quickly learns the ramifications of small-town gossip. Mayhem mounts as police, following a tip, suspect Mavis has been kidnapped by Morgan.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Enjoying her chance to get even, Mavis concedes to having Morgan arrested. But he has got a confession that even she did not bargain for!
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Screenplay by Mae West and wonderful direction by the great Henry Hathaway (The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, The Shepherd of the Hills, Rawhide).
• • Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin | 6 Mae West Trailers
• • Source: Geek Vibes Nation; posted on Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• • On Wednesday, 24 June 1970 • •
• • "Myra Breckinridge" at the Criterion Theatre (1514 Broadway) on Tuesday, 23 June 1970. The general release was on June 24th.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Sarah Allen claims — — and Miss West denies — — that Mae West gave her permission to do Mae West impersonations, and then turned around and slandered Miss Allen and ruined her career by accusing her of stealing the acts.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "The story of Diamond Lil makes one think of a modern idea of the Single Standard. I believe in the Single Standard for men and women."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Kirkus Reviewer scorched a lousy biography of Mae West.
• • MAE WEST: A Biography by Fergus Cashin • •
• • Kirkus wrote: Compared to this slipshod little book (released on 15 March 1982), the somewhat dubious big Mae West bio by Eells and Musgrove looks like the zenith of serious scholarship.  ...
• • Kirkus wrote: Impossible ideas?
• • Kirkus wrote: No. But Fergus Cashin backs none of them up with research; in fact, he's done so little research that he blithely recycles the "legend" stuff he's supposed to be debunking. (E.g., Mae's story that 1920s newspapers wouldn't print the play title Sex in ads — though disproved by Eells and Musgrove, but naively repeated by Cashin.)  ...
• • Source: Kirkus Reviews; published on Monday, 1 March 1982
• • 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 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,763rd 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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• • Be sure to bookmark or follow The Mae West Blog
• • Photo: • • Mae West • • in 1936 • •
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Mae West: Blu-Ray Mae #5

MAE WEST returns in Blu-Ray Releases, thanks to Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Kino Lorber Studio Classics has unveiled the details of their June 2021 Blu-Ray releases including works from such icons as Mae West, Benny Hill, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Jennifer Connelly, Robert Altman, Alastair Sim, Cary Grant and more.
• • “Klondike Annie” • •
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Synopsis: The glamorous Mae West ("My Little Chickadee") stars as a “kept” woman who flees to Alaska and the Gold Rush of the 1890s in "Klondike Annie."

• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: After the beautiful Rose Carlton (West) escapes from the clutches of the wealthy and possessive Chan Lo (Harold Huber, The Thin Man), she finds herself on a ship bound for greater pastures.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: The ship’s captain, Bull Brackett (Victor McLaglen, The Informer), instantly falls for Rose but she is distracted by her new cabin mate, Sister Annie Alden (Helen Jerome Eddy, Madame Butterfly).
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Exchanging philosophies, the unlikely pair develop a meaningful friendship before Sister Annie becomes sick and passes on.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: In desperation, as her past starts to catch up with her, Rose changes her identity with her deceased friend and is inspired to a new calling.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: West is at her best as she brings the immoral townspeople to their knees with her unconventional style of evangelism in this spirited tale of divine transformation.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Co-written by West and directed by the great Raoul Walsh (The World in His Arms, White Heat).
• • Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson | 6 Mae West Trailers
• • Source: Geek Vibes Nation; posted on Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• • On Friday, 23 June 1922 in Variety • •
• • Mae West and Harry Richman performed together in Manhattan during June 1922, billing their act "Bits of Musical Comedy — — Mae West assisted by Harry Richman," and most of the material was written by The Firefly of Broadway herself.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Fergus Cashin's highly suspect biography on Mae West was released in paperback by Virgin Books in mid-June [on Thursday, 17 June 1982].  Before you try to find this trifle, however, read the review by Kirkus, which slams it and explains why. Clearly, the former reporter wished to "cash in."
• • Kirkus wisely listed Cashin's silly “biography” in this category: fiction.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Half the people in the world impersonate me. Men, women, and even children. They put their hands on their hips or something."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Kirkus Reviewer scorched a lousy biography of Mae West.
• • MAE WEST: A Biography by Fergus Cashin • •
• • Kirkus wrote: Compared to this slipshod little book (released on 15 March 1982), the somewhat dubious big Mae West bio by Eells and Musgrove looks like the zenith of serious scholarship.
• • Kirkus wrote: Fergus Cashin, an English show-biz journalist, is out to debunk the West "legend"; he sees her as a "psychopathic egomaniac" full of "inhibitions and hangups"; he implies that she lived a virtually sexless life; he takes the old Mae West rumors — that she was a transvestite or hermaphrodite — seriously; he suggests that Mafia connections may have been responsible for her success.
• • Kirkus wrote: Impossible ideas? . . .
• • Source: Kirkus Reviews; published on Monday, 1 March 1982
• • 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 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,762nd 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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• • Be sure to bookmark or follow The Mae West Blog
• • Photo: • • Mae West • • in 1936 • •
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Mae West: Blu-Ray Mae #4

MAE WEST returns in Blu-Ray Releases, thanks to Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Kino Lorber Studio Classics has unveiled the details of their June 2021 Blu-Ray releases including works from such icons as Mae West, Benny Hill, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Jennifer Connelly, Robert Altman, Alastair Sim, Cary Grant and more.
• • “Goin' to Town” • •
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Synopsis: Screen legend Mae West (I’m No Angel) shines as a saloon girl turned devilish debutante in her first western comedy, Goin’ to Town.

• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Bride-to-be Cleo Borden (West) suddenly becomes the benefactor of her fiancé’s ranch and oil business after a fatal shootout. Now a rich woman, she sets out to oversee the ranch and is met with disdain by British oil expert Edward Carrington (Paul Cavanagh, A Bill of Divorcement).
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Sensing a challenge, Cleo takes a crash course in culture to get his attention. Her first test comes when she follows Edward to Buenos Aires where she successfully mingles with society’s elite in the glamorous world of horse-racing.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: The toast of all men (except the one she’s after), Cleo agrees to marry affluent Fletcher Colton (Monroe Owsley, Indiscreet) but soon learns of his dangerously obsessive gambling habits. Co-written by West and directed by Alexander Hall (Here Comes Mr. Jordan).
• • Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Kat Ellinger | 6 Mae West Trailers
• • Source: Geek Vibes Nation; posted on Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• • On Saturday, 22 June 1935 in Picturegoer • •
• • The British film magazine Picturegoer, issue dated for 22 June 1935, offered an article "Previews of the Latest Films" and the first one was "Goin’ to Town" starring Mae West.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West appeared at a hearing in court of a damage suit brought against her by another actress, Sarah Allen yesterday.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I will tour with Diamond Lil for another season ... people will be given something to think about that they never thought of before."   
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on a court battle involved Mae West.
• • Referring to a former cast member Sarah Allen, who was suing her, Mae West said: "It takes more than platinum blonde hair and shapely hips to be like Mae West."
• • "Yesterday Mae West appeared at a hearing in court of a damage suit brought against her by another actress. Miss West gave Sarah Allen permission to do a Mae West routine, then slandered Miss Allen and ruined her career by accusing her of stealing the material.  Many people in the world impersonate Miss West. Women always put their hands on their hips and say one of her famous lines. ..."
• • Note: It seems this lawsuit was initiated in NYC back in November 1950.
• • Source: Capital Times; published on Saturday, 16 June 1951
• • 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 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,761st 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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• • Be sure to bookmark or follow The Mae West Blog
• • Photo: • • Mae West • • in 1935 • •
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Mae West: Blu-Ray Mae #3

MAE WEST returns in Blu-Ray Releases, thanks to Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Kino Lorber Studio Classics has unveiled the details of their June 2021 Blu-Ray releases including works from such icons as Mae West, Benny Hill, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Jennifer Connelly, Robert Altman, Alastair Sim, Cary Grant and more.
• • “Belle of the Nineties” • •
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Synopsis: Ruby Carter (the flawless Mae West, She Done Him Wrong), the night club sensation of St. Louis, relocates to New Orleans and becomes the prize attraction of “The Sensation Club.”

• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Mae West’s risqué brand of humor and naughty musical numbers enliven a plot that involves jewel thieves, a fixed boxing match and murder.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Co-written by Mae West, directed by the great Leo McCarey (Duck Soup, The Awful Truth, Going My Way) and featuring Duke Ellington and His Orchestra who provide musical accompaniment for several of West’s songs.
• • Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan | 6 Mae West Trailers
• • Source: Geek Vibes Nation; posted on Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• • On Wednesday, 21 June 1933 • •
• • It was on Wednesday, 21 June 1933 when Russell Holmon of Paramount Pictures tried to explain to the Hays Office that the title of a song "No One Does It Like that Dallas Man" was essentially innocent and the lyrics were harmless.  Hays wanted changes though and got them.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The popular Mae West Paramount Pictures  production, "She Done Him Wrong" features Miss West as the Bowery Darling who was faithful just as long as her diamonds held out.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm not very grammatical, because I'm only a third-grade graduate. And I didn't exactly graduate. I sort of retired from it."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Too Much of a Good Thing: 9 Mae West Films on KL Studio Classics Blu-ray. • •
• • Mae West’s fervent belief in the healing powers of sex was only equaled by her epic and rather unlikely confidence in herself. • •
• • Dan Callahan wrote: In Go West Young Man, Mae West plays a movie star hiding out in the country, feeling up Randolph Scott’s sexy gas station attendant in several lengthy scenes. She seems most like a gay man in this film, brazenly checking out Scott’s ass when he isn’t looking, even beating out a rhythm on it as they dance.
• • Dan Callahan wrote: And the film is the rare West production that offers interesting roles to other women: Elizabeth Patterson’s quietly salty Aunt Kate is sensitively limned by West, and Isabel Jewell is likable as a star-struck young maid. ...
• • Source: Slant; posted on Tuesday, 8 June 2021
• • 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 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,760th 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: Blu-Ray Mae #2

MAE WEST returns in Blu-Ray Releases, thanks to Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Kino Lorber Studio Classics has unveiled the details of their June 2021 Blu-Ray releases including works from such icons as Mae West, Benny Hill, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Jennifer Connelly, Robert Altman, Alastair Sim, Cary Grant and more.
• • “I'm No Angel” starring Mae West on 29 June 2021 • •
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Synopsis: Screen legends Mae West (Belle of the Nineties) and Cary Grant (She Done Him Wrong) star in the sizzling Pre-Code comedy I’m No Angel, about a carnival performer with greater aspirations … attracting wealthy men!
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: In addition to circus acts, Tira (Mae West) performs some questionable business maneuvers and has to take a job as a lion tamer to escape jail.

• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: After Tira’s first lion taming show catapults her to stardom, she attracts the attention of the wealthy Kirk Lawrence (Kent Taylor, The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues) who happens to be engaged.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: His business partner, Jack Clayton (Grant), blows his friend’s cover and begins a romance with Tira. This time, Tira is in love for real and is devastated when a misunderstanding causes Jack to break off the affair. Serving as her own counsel, Tira sues Jack for breach of contract and takes him through a cross-examination he’ll never forget!
• • Written by Mae West and directed by Wesley Ruggles (No Man of Her Own).
• • Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan | 6 Mae West Trailers
• • Source: Geek Vibes Nation; posted on Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• • On Monday, 18 June 1934 • •
• • Mae West Adds Her Bid • •
• • On Monday, 18 June 1934, the bids were opened in Spokane for the first phase of construction of Grand Coulee Dam, the centerpiece in a massive project to irrigate the desert in Central Washington with water from the Columbia River.
• • The bid opening was the culmination of a 16-year campaign to replicate in concrete an ice dam that had blocked the Columbia River during prehistoric times. ...
• • Bids for the first stage of construction were opened in the auditorium of the Spokane Civic Building in front of a crowd of nearly 1,000. Hundreds of job seekers had crowded into the city in anticipation.
• • One of the bidders was the actress Mae West, who told the engineers that if they encountered any difficulties, they should “come up and see me sometime.” Only two groups met the bid specifications. ...
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West packs them into the theatres here (USA), but she doesn't "go so strong" in foreign countries except in Egypt and Puerto Rico where the crowd sidewalks to buy tickets. Her popularity, however, was reported on the increase in other countries.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "A man's kiss is his signature."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on the new Blu-ray releases mentioned Mae West and the script.

• • Too Much of a Good Thing: 9 Mae West Films on KL Studio Classics Blu-ray. • •
• • Mae West’s fervent belief in the healing powers of sex was only equaled by her epic and rather unlikely confidence in herself. • •
• • Dan Callahan wrote: Tira finds fame doing a lion act, and as she gets richer, she employs a trio of black maids (played by Hattie McDaniel, Gertrude Howard, and Libby Taylor).
• • Dan Callahan wrote: The women are at once servants as well as her confidantes, blissfully dancing with Mae West as she starts to shout jazzy nonsense and shuffle across a room.  ...
• • Source: Slant; posted on Tuesday, 8 June 2021
• • 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 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,759th 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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