Mae West: Falsely Portrayed

MAE WEST’s plump, curvaceous body was a vital element in her comedy. Academics have emphasized that “excessive body is one of the qualities of female unruliness, suggesting that she is unwilling or unable to control her physical appetites.” Japanese film historian Mio Hatokai discusses how Hollywood publicists and fan zines responded to this “fatness” in 1933. This is Part 30 of a lengthy piece.
• • Laughing off the “Fatness” ― Mae West’s Body Image and Female Spectators in the Early 1930s • •
• • Mae West: Was falsely portrayed as a “young newcomer” • •

• • Mio Hatokai wrote: This article continues: In spite of the fact that she’s a footlight veteran, Mae is “young.” It wasn’t long ago that she turned thirty like a handspring. Moreover, she’s practically beautiful, in her opulent way. Luscious complexion, a fine head of hair, and eyes that fairly knock your hat off. Though generously built, she jiggles the beam at under a hundred and twenty. Believe me, you look three times as Mae West passes by!     
• • At 40 years old, Mae West was not a “starlet” nor “an ingénue” • •
• • Mio Hatokai wrote: Some of the sentences here appear unusual for an article raving about a new actress. After all, Mae West was not a starlet.
• • Mae West: Fan magazine writers tried to blur her age and erase “maturity” • • ...   
• • Mio Hatokai’s lengthy article will continue on the next post.
• • Source: Academic anthology on film stars released by Waseda University, 2015.
• • On Tuesday, 30 November 1948 • •
• • Brooks Atkinson reviewed the New Jersey revival of "Diamond Lil" and his comments were printed in The New York Times on Tuesday, 30 November 1948 (on page 2). The title was "Mae West Hits Montclair" and Brooks Atkinson called Mae West "the goddess of sex."
• • On  Sunday, 30 November 1969 • •
• • Mae West was featured in The N.Y. Times Magazine on Sunday, 30 November 1969.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • One day a young woman from the Paramount offices came on to the set. She remarked that Miss West's perfume was the fragrance that she adored above all others. Mae's reply was, "Yes, I like it, too." But the next day the girl found a large bottle of the precious liquid on her desk, with a card from Mae West.
• • Note: In an upcoming post, you'll learn about Parfum Mae West by Gabilla of Paris.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I have just seen that RAF flyers have a life-saving jacket they call a 'Mae West' because it bulges in all the right places. Well, I consider it a swell honor to have such great guys wrapped up in me, know what I mean?"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The New Yorker featured an article on Mae West.
• • “The Strong Woman: Mae West” • •
• • Claudia Roth Pierpont wrote: Mae West used the qualities men brought to playing women: detachment, control, laughter, impregnability. Most of her movies were set in the Gay Nineties; the period dress suggestively contained her full figure.
• • Claudia Roth Pierpont wrote: In 1934, Hollywood strengthened its Production Code. 1934's "Belle of the Nineties," based on Mae West's novel "The Constant Sinner," eliminated its theme of interracial sexual attraction. …
• • Source: The New Yorker; published on Sunday, 3 November 1996
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,800 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,876th 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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Mae West: Buxom and Rowdy

MAE WEST’s plump, curvaceous body was a vital element in her comedy. Academics have emphasized that “excessive body is one of the qualities of female unruliness, suggesting that she is unwilling or unable to control her physical appetites.” Japanese film historian Mio Hatokai discusses how Hollywood publicists and fan zines responded to this “fatness” in 1933. This is Part 29 of a lengthy piece.
• • Laughing off the “Fatness” ― Mae West’s Body Image and Female Spectators in the Early 1930s • •
• • Mae West: Leading fans to favor Mae’s voluptuous figure • •

• • Mio Hatokai wrote: As for the first point, it seems as though fan magazines tried to lead the readers to favor Mae West’s voluptuous figure.
• • Mio Hatokai wrote: Already in January 1933 issue, even before the release of “She Done Him Wrong,” Photoplay introduces Mae West as “Broadway’s daring, and most spectacular exhibit, explod[ing] on the screen.”
• • Mio Hatokai wrote: The Photoplay article continues: Mae West as the indestructible ex-girlfriend of a wiseguy speakeasy owner, Maudie Triplett, in “Night After  Night.” Blonde, buxom, rowdy Mae ― ― slithering across the scene in a spangled, sausage-skin  gown! [...]  
• • Mae West: Falsely portrayed as a “young newcomer” • • ...
• • Mio Hatokai’s lengthy article will continue on the next post.
• • Source: Academic anthology on film stars released by Waseda University, 2015.
• • On Tuesday, 29 November 1932 • •
• • Mae West's movie script had been playing hide-and-seek with the Hays Office. However, on Wednesday, 30 November 1932, the project finally had a title that would not change: "She Done Him Wrong." A day earlier, there had been delicate negotiations on the part of Paramount's rep Harold Hurley. He mamboed around the play's references to white slavery, he massaged away any suggestion that Lil was a kept woman, and he agreed that the Salvation Army uniform had to be made into a safe generic. For all that, Mae West still got some zingers by the censors.
• • On Monday, 29 November 1948 • •
• • An American revival of "Diamond Lil" opened out of town on Monday, 29 November 1948 at Montclair, New Jersey.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • By the way, Mae West is now working on her new contract by the terms of which she gets $100,000 a picture. They also say that the curvaceous one also gets about half that amount again for providing her own story and, be it known, Mae won't stand for anybody's writing stories for her pictures but Mae.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Don't you see how my life is? I gotta top myself in my pictures and I gotta watch myself in everything else. My private life has gotta be a model."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The New Yorker featured an article on Mae West.
• • “The Strong Woman: Mae West” • •
• • Claudia Roth Pierpont wrote: Mae West, at almost forty, became the biggest star of 1933, and a national fixation.
• • Claudia Roth Pierpont wrote: Marybeth Hamilton pinpoints West's startling transformation from frank man-hating to easy sexual mockery as occurring during rehearsals of "The Drag" (a homosexual comedy-drama which led to the outlawing of depictions of homosexuality on the New York stage) and its spinoff, "Pleasure Man."  …
• • Source: The New Yorker; published on Sunday, 3 November 1996
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,800 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,875th 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: Inciting Shame

MAE WEST’s plump, curvaceous body was a vital element in her comedy. Academics have emphasized that “excessive body is one of the qualities of female unruliness, suggesting that she is unwilling or unable to control her physical appetites.” Japanese film historian Mio Hatokai discusses how Hollywood publicists and fan zines responded to this “fatness” in 1933. This is Part 28 of a lengthy piece.
• • Laughing off the “Fatness” ― Mae West’s Body Image and Female Spectators in the Early 1930s • •
• • Mae West: Is “teetering on the edge of fatness” • •  

• • Mio Hatokai wrote: The article treats Mae West’s body as teetering on the edge of fatness, but nevertheless sees it as a “new ideal standard.”   
• • Mio Hatokai wrote: Second, as the title and the first paragraph of the article clearly indicates, the magazine expects its readers to follow the trend in Hollywood.
• • Hollywood studios had declared: Curves are desirable. But being fat is unacceptable. • •
• • Mio Hatokai wrote: Third, there is an imposition that being fat is an unacceptable idea.
• • Mio Hatokai wrote: All of these factors amount to this: with such articles, the fan magazine culture is creating discourses that favor a certain body image and dismiss being overweight, which would lead the readers to have an obsession with their own weight.
• • Mae West: Leading fans to favor Mae’s voluptuous figure • • ...  
• • Mio Hatokai’s lengthy article will continue on the next post.
• • Source: Academic anthology on film stars released by Waseda University, 2015.
• • On Thursday, 26 November 1931 • •
• • The New York Herald Tribune reported on the intense displeasure to white Washingtonians when Mae West brought her Harlem play "The Constant Sinner" to D.C. where the local D.A. was Leo K. Rover. Leo roared about the profanity and the dances performed by the black cast. The D.A., apparently, had been telling the media he would "arrest the entire company of fifty one if another performance were given," noted the Herald Tribune on Thursday, 26 November 1931. Racism reared its head.
• • On Friday, 26 November 1954 • •
• • In a vintage catalogue that kept track of Decca's 78 rpm platters, it was listed that Mae West recorded "Frankie and Johnny" and the B-side "All of Me" [Decca # 29452] on these dates: Friday, 26 November 1954 and Monday, 29 November 1954.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West's costumer designer Edith Head told a newsman: "There are three fashion periods: the past, the present, and Mae West."  
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm my own original creation."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on "Diamond Lil" quoted Mae West.
• • Thyra Samter Winslow wrote: Mae West says that people want dirt in plays, so I give 'em dirt. Miss West is secretive, especially about her past and family. When "Diamond Lil" closes, Mae will star in another of her plays, "Men."  ...
• • Source: The New Yorker; published on Saturday, 10 November 1928
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,800 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,874th 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: Exceptional Case

MAE WEST’s plump, curvaceous body was a vital element in her comedy. Academics have emphasized that “excessive body is one of the qualities of female unruliness, suggesting that she is unwilling or unable to control her physical appetites.” Japanese film historian Mio Hatokai discusses how Hollywood publicists and fan zines responded to this “fatness” in 1933. This is Part 27 of a lengthy piece.
• • Laughing off the “Fatness” ― Mae West’s Body Image and Female Spectators in the Early 1930s • •
• • Mae West: Hollywood’s Beauty Experts define “beauty” • •  
• • Mio Hatokai wrote: Then a beauty expert of Warner Brothers says, “No woman cares to look ‘fat,’ but she will not mind looking curved if she knows it is fashionable. [...] The minute a woman’s figure borders on fat, it ceases to be up-to-date. Curves, yes. But curves haven’t been out, really.”

• • Mio Hatokai wrote: The letters and the article above tell us three things.
• • Mio Hatokai wrote: First, the actress Mae West is considered as an exceptional case in Hollywood in terms of proportions, because in Hollywood women are “half-starved ingénues” with “scrawny figures.”  
• • Mio Hatokai wrote: As the letters from F. E. K. and Ethel Hitchcock suggest, fans seem to welcome Mae West’s curvy body as “being healthy.”
• • Mae West: Is “teetering on the edge of fatness” • • ...   
• • Mio Hatokai’s lengthy article will continue on the next post.
• • Source: Academic anthology on film stars released by Waseda University, 2015.
• • On Saturday, 25 November 1911 in Variety • •
• • The opening night cast of "Vera Violetta" at the Winter Garden did not include the misbehaving  and Gaby-upstaging Mae West. Her antics during the out-of-town try-outs brought about her dismissal. Variety (perhaps without knowing it) printed a face-saving explanation in their issue dated for Saturday, 25 November 1911, indicating Mae had pneumonia. Hmmm, no doubt brought about by standing in an icy draft when Gaby Deslys opened her mouth wide and blasted her.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • In 1934, Mae West's proposed film title gave offense in Louisiana. Somebody suggested that calling Mae West's new opus "Belle of New Orleans" would convey the wrong impression. The suggestion swelled into a chorus, and now everybody except Huey Long is talking — or telegramming.   
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I have given six life-stories but I can always give another."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • Glen Elsasser wrote: Oddly, Mae West's film career faded by the early 1940s, after only 10 movies. Contributing to her screen demise was her refusal to change her style, even after styles had long since changed.
• • Glen Elsasser wrote: No thanks, she said, to playing older women opposite Marlon Brando in Pal Joey or Elvis Presley in Roustabout.
• • Glen Elsasser wrote: Mae West chose, instead, to kindle her fame, mainly through occasional tours of her own plays. Adding oomph to her reputation, an inflatable life jacket became known during World War II as a Mae West and put her name in the dictionary. …
• • Source: Chicago Tribune; published on Sunday, 28 December 1997
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,800 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,873rd 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: Clumsy or Curvy?

MAE WEST’s plump, curvaceous body was a vital element in her comedy. Academics have emphasized that “excessive body is one of the qualities of female unruliness, suggesting that she is unwilling or unable to control her physical appetites.” Japanese film historian Mio Hatokai discusses how Hollywood publicists and fan zines responded to this “fatness” in 1933. This is Part 26 of a lengthy piece.
• • Laughing off the “Fatness” ― Mae West’s Body Image and Female Spectators in the Early 1930s • •
• • Mae West: Curvy gets applause; being fat is vilified • •  
• • Mio Hatokai wrote: It says, “That starved look is OUT and dangerous curves are IN!”   

• • Mio Hatokai wrote: The article, however, repeatedly emphasizes the difference between being curvy and being fat, and vilifies the latter quite blatantly.
• • Mae West was called “voluptuous” ― ― whereas fan magazines vilified “fat” women. • •
• • Mio Hatokai wrote: There is a quote from Paramount’s studio stylist, saying, “I loathe fat. Mae West is a single example of voluptuous curves.  [...]The ordinary woman of her weight and curves would be outrageously clumsy ― ― but Mae handles herself beautifully.”
• • Mae West: Hollywood’s Beauty Experts define “beauty” • •  ...  
• • Mio Hatokai’s lengthy article will continue on the next post.
• • Source: Academic anthology on film stars released by Waseda University, 2015.
• • On Tuesday, 24 November 1931 • •
• • On Tuesday, 24 November 1931 the newspaper Washington Herald reviewed "Constant Sinner." The D.C.-based drama critic wrote about the Greek-American actor George Givot's portrayal of the Harlem pimp Money Johnson as well as "the aroma of Mae West's hybrid dialogue."
• • On Wednesday, 24 November 1976 in Australia • •
• • An article "The Two Hidden Faces of Mae West" appeared in The Australian Women's Weekly on Wednesday, 24 November 1976.
• • On Monday, 24 November 1980 in the U.K. • •
• • British journalist Clancy Sigal fondly recalled the inflatable, durable, and anti-hypocritical genius of the late Mae West in London's Guardian. A lovely tribute.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Hollywood film critic Kevin Thomas wrote: Once when Owney Madden wanted to visit Los Angeles, Mae West cleared the way with a word with another of her great friends, then-Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "If young girls knew more about love — — and didn't take it so seriously — — it would be better for them."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A history site mentioned Mae West.
• • 8 Famous Figures Who Believed in Communicating with the Dead • •
• • Elizabeth Yuko wrote: Here’s a look at eight famous figures who, at some point in their lives, believed it was possible to communicate with the dead.
• • Elizabeth Yuko wrote: After experiencing severe abdominal pains while performing in Chicago in 1929, writer, activist and star of the vaudeville stage and silver screen Mae West, then age 36, believed that her relief finally came at the hands of a Spiritualist healer named Sri Deva Ram Suku.
• • Elizabeth Yuko wrote: A collection of West’s papers from 1928 through 1984 housed in Harvard University’s Schlesinger Library contains clippings, correspondence and pamphlets related to her involvement with Spiritualism, including Thomas John “Jack” Kelly, a well-known medium who became West’s spiritual advisor and friend.
• • Elizabeth Yuko wrote: The archive also features papers documenting West’s multiple trips to Lily Dale, a Spiritualist camp outside Buffalo, New York where she would visit Kelly for readings and healing. This included a stay in the summer of 1955, when West was on hand for the July 3 dedication of a new healing temple in the community.
• • Elizabeth Yuko wrote: The healing temple was dedicated on July 3, 1955, and among those taking part in ceremonies was the famous actress Mae West, who often visited Lily Dale for readings and healings by Kelly. …
• • Source: History (dot) com; posted on Tuesday, 5 October 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,800 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,872nd 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: Clap for Curvy

MAE WEST’s plump, curvaceous body was a vital element in her comedy. Academics have emphasized that “excessive body is one of the qualities of female unruliness, suggesting that she is unwilling or unable to control her physical appetites.” Japanese film historian Mio Hatokai discusses how Hollywood publicists and fan zines responded to this “fatness” in 1933. This is Part 25 of a lengthy piece.
• • Laughing off the “Fatness” ― Mae West’s Body Image and Female Spectators in the Early 1930s • •
• • Mae West: “Curves! Hollywood Wants ‘em!” • •

• • Mio Hatokai wrote: The article is entitled “Curves! Hollywood Wants ‘em ― and So Will You!” and the first paragraph goes as follows:
• • Motion Picture wrote: “The advent of beer, the influence of Mae West, and the newest creations of the dress designer all seem directed toward increasing the avoirdupois ― and  curviness ― of beauty on  the screen.  [...]  And as Hollywood goes, so goes the world, according to the fashion experts.”
• • Mio Hatokai wrote: The article is about how the actresses in Hollywood were now beginning to put on some weight, partially owing to the success of Mae West.
• • The starved look is out! Curves are in! • •
• • Note: Ruth Tildesley wrote this article for the July 1933 issue of Motion Picture.
• • Mae West: Curvy gets applause while being fat is vilified • •  ...   
• • Mio Hatokai’s lengthy article will continue on the next post.
• • Source: Academic anthology on film stars released by Waseda University, 2015.
• • On Wednesday, 23 November 1927 • •
• • On Wednesday, 23 November 1927, Variety poked fun at Mae West's attempts at funding her production of "The Wicked Age" via corporate sponsorship. Mocking the apparel labels her character deliberately mentions in the dialogue (such as Sam Mayo negligees) and the long list of designers in the Program credits, Variety was as gleeful as if they were doing serious G-men undercover work. Between the acts, Variety informed their readers, postcards were distributed by the ushers explaining that "Cammeyer shoe creations have a leading role in my wardrobe."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Step into the automatic elevator in Mae West's apartment house and, if a stiff odor of "Christmas Night" beats you to your knees, you'll know that the voluptuous Mae has just arrived. Or departed.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I've spent a lot of money. I used to play the horses pretty bad. And then I owned a string of horses. I've got a lot of property, but I don't like to talk about my investments in public."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in The N.Y. Observer discussed Mae West.
• • "Come Up and Signify Me: Mae West Meets Academia" • •
• • Robert Gottlieb explained: Colette put it with her customary acuity: “[Mae West] alone, out of an enormous and dull catalogue of heroines, does not get married at the end of the film, does not die, does not take the road to exile, does not gaze sadly at her declining youth in a silver-framed mirror …. She alone has no parents, no children, no husband. This impudent woman is, in her style, as solitary as Chaplin used to be.” ...
• • Source: The New York Observer; posted on Sunday, 4 November 2001
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,800 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,871st 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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