Mae West: Dissatisfaction Theme

MAE WEST came to the attention of Tinseltown ninety years ago in 1932. Step into the Time Machine with me for a long, leisurely ride. This is Part 8.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: Skipworth’s character thinks she is a prostitute • •

• • Andy Goulding wrote: There’s a great exchange between the two in which Skipworth erroneously believes West to be a prostitute that probably stands as the highlight of the film.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: There is a theme of dissatisfaction at the heart of “Night After Night,” with Joe longing to shed his rough edges and climb the social ladder while his tutor Miss Mabel Jellyman longs to cut loose from the restrictions of that same ladder.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Miss Healey, meanwhile, is preparing to marry a man she finds dull while secretly being excited by the very roguishness that Joe is trying to ditch in order to impress her.
• • Mae West: Only Maudie Triplett is comfortable in her own skin • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Friday, 21 September 1934 in Pittsburgh • •
• • On Friday, 21 September 1934, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published this tidbit under "Hollywood Gossip": Mae West is planning to back a stock company on the coast. Her sister, Beverly, and her manager, James Timony, will head the enterprise.  
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West really enjoyed eating the eggplant parmigiana at a Westwood restaurant Casa D'Oro on Santa Monica Boulevard in California.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "TV is good training but you can get swallowed. You have to find your own style and go from there."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Wire Service Reuters wrote about Mae West.
• • Actress Mae West, 72, Has Nervous Collapse • •
• • Hollywood — Mae West, 72, was reported in "satisfactory" condition today in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital where she was admitted last Thursday for treatment of a "nervous collapse."
• • Attendants indicated Saturday that she would be released within a few days. …
• • Source: Huntingdon Daily News (on page 2) published on Monday, 21 September 1964
• • 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 18th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past eighteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 5,000 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eighteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,086th 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: Odd Couple Act

MAE WEST came to the attention of Tinseltown ninety years ago in 1932. Step into the Time Machine with me for a long, leisurely ride. This is Part 7.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: The scene-stealing Maudie Triplett • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Hollywood stalwart Leo Karns is fun as Joe’s devoted companion Leo and Wynne Gibson is memorably edgy as the jealous Iris.
• • The Odd Couple Act • •

• • Andy Goulding wrote: But “Night After Night” really belongs to two performers.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Mae West, of course, as the boisterous Maudie Triplett, an ex-girlfriend of Joe Anton, and Alison Skipworth as Mabel Jellyman, a repressed older woman whose simmering potential is unlocked by an unlikely friendship with Maudie.
• • Note: And don't forget they've been drinking all night, presumably for free, as the guest of Joe Anton (George Raft), a bootlegger turned high-end speakeasy owner.

• • Andy Goulding wrote: In their clamour to hand the film lock, stock, and barrel to the scene-stealing Mae West, many movie critics have overlooked that Mae is, in fact, working here as half of a very effective odd-couple double act with the fantastic Alison Skipworth, whose demure eloquence (as a plain-faced matron who is on duty here as Joe's tactful deportment coach) beautifully offsets Mae West’s streetwise colloquialisms.
• • Mae West: Skipworth’s character thinks she is a prostitute • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Friday, 20 September 1940 • •
• • The New Zealand Movie Editors wrote: At the Grand Theatre — "My Little Chickadee" — Mae's back in a lusty farce of the frontier days in the bad old West!
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Michael Sarne was writing a lot to Mae West during the autumn of 1969 as he developed the cinema version of "Myra Breckinridge." He promised that he was giving more thought to other ways to involve her character, Leticia Van Allen, in the central plot.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I get my satisfaction from  handing others an hour of entertainment, of putting 'em out of what's bothering 'em, and in handing 'em a personally prepared motion picture."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about upcoming shows on TV mentioned Mae West.
• • "TV News Shorts" • •
• • TV Guide wrote: Hollywood — 13 September 1958. Mae West, now 66, will soon star in a five-a-week, late-night, quarter-hour show locally, then has plans for a film series, "Klondike Lou."  ...
• • Source: TV Guide; published on Saturday, 13 September 1958
• • 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 18th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past eighteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 5,000 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eighteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,085th 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: Underrated Gem

MAE WEST came to the attention of Tinseltown ninety years ago in 1932. Step into the Time Machine with me for a long, leisurely ride. This is Part 4.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: An Underrated Gem • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: The received wisdom is that this is a stiff, lifeless affair, save for the fleeting moments when Mae West sashays across the screen.

• • Andy Goulding wrote: So I came for the historical significance but, as it turned out, I stayed for the underrated gem.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Joe Anton, a rough-around-the-edges speakeasy owner, becomes fascinated by one of his regular patrons Miss Healey, a woman who sits alone every night in a contemplative state.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Already taking lessons in high-class deportment from the sweet-natured but crushingly unfulfilled Miss Jellyman, Joe ups his game by inviting Miss Healey to dinner, with Miss Jellyman coming along for support.
• • Mae West: A Standout Performance • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Tuesday, 15 September 1931 • •
• • The article “Mae West Returns” was printed in The New York Sun on Tuesday, 15 September 1931.
• • The review "Play 'Constant Sinner' Opens" was seen in the New York American on Tuesday, 15 September 1931.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • It was September when Mae West was in a Los Angeles hospital and, unfortunately, not doing well.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I did things a year ago that I wouldn't do at all now."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A syndicated article on Hollywood stars mentioned Mae West.
• • "Have Cars Wired" • •
• • Leicester Wagner noted: Mae West has been bothered so often that she finally had the car doors wired for electricity. Those who try to clamber aboard are rudely reminded that electricity gives an uneasy jolt. Katharine Hepburn also has wired her car. ...
• • Source: United Press column rpt in The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky); published on Monday, 10 September 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 18th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past eighteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 5,000 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eighteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,082nd 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: A Real Find

In 1932, Paramount’s speakeasy movie was adapted from Louis Bromfield's story "Single Night" but the dialogue that was added by MAE WEST made the picture memorable and secured her first contract.
• • "Night After Night" ― reviewed by Picture Play in February 1933 • •

• • Mae West: Scintillating in her impressive film debut • •
• • Picture Play wrote: Mae West was quite impressive in her film debut. And this is one reason why other players stand out above George Raft.  
• • In particular Alison Skipworth, as his instructor, and Mae West in her film debut proves her to be a real find.
• • [Mae] is flagrantly hard-boiled and yet manages curiously to be likable and even sympathetic as well as handsome.
• • There isn't anyone quite like Mae West and she leaves the vast wisecracking sisterhood far behind.
• • Wynne Gibson, Roscoe Karns, and Louis Camera are some of the others who make the picture strong in acting values while the star [George Raft] puts over personality.  

• • Miss Skipworth and Miss West shine personally, also.
• • This three-part review from 1933 has now been concluded on today’s post. Let us know how much you enjoy seeing these vintage motion picture reviews that focus on Mae West as a fresh-faced Hollywood newcomer.
• • Source: Picture Play; issue dated for February 1933.
• • On Wednesday, 2 March 2022 • •
• • “The Drag” by Mae West will open tomorrow in California (on Thursday, 3 March 2022). So whyncha purchase a ticket today?
• • Where: Desert Rose Playhouse, 611 S. Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, CA.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West also figured in the news of the week when William Randolph Hearst barred from his newspapers all advertising on "Klondike Annie."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “No gold-digging for me. I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Modern Screen mentioned Mae West.
• • The gal who knows all the answers — and tells 'em! Mae West and her curves and her diamonds and her love of prizefights and her priceless remarks have been publicized until there's practically nothing more to say.
• • People are still asking her if she is married. To which Mae replies that she isn't now and never has been and, furthermore, there's no one scheduled, as yet, for the role of Diamond Lil's husband.  
• • Mae's next picture is "I'm No Angel."  
• • She says she'd love to do the role of Catherine of Russia sometime. …
• • Source: Modern Screen; issue dated for September 1933
• • 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 4,900 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,941st 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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