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A very long article about MAE WEST and her career in Tinseltown appeared five years ago. It was written by Paul Phaneuf. Let's pick this up again and enjoy it together. This is Part 53.
• • Mae West: "I'm here to make talkies" or Censor Will vs. Diamond Lil • •
• • playin' a different tune • •
• • Paul Phaneuf wrote: "We'll use your entertainers, only they'll be playin' a different tune."
• • At the revival meeting Mae does some serious testifying: at one point she reconciles a reformed barfly and his wife; in another she sermonizes "you don't have to go around looking sad and wearing a long face to be good . . . You can do right and still have a good time in this world."
• • By the end of the film she's invigorated the community and has redeemed herself to the point of going back to San Francisco to face the murder charges against her. As she leaves, dressed again as "Frisco Doll" she drops Sister Annie's Good Book and bends to pick it up just as a knife whizzes over her head, thrown by a minion of Chan Lo. The book has indeed saved her life.
• • She also leaves behind a young Mountie who has fallen for her. She tells him the truth about who she is and that his career would be over should they stay together. Over his objections she says she must do right and confront her past.
• • the lovelorn Bull • • . . .
• • This was Part 53. Part 54 will appear tomorrow.
• • Source: Article by Paul Phaneuf in Films of the Golden Age Magazine; issue dated 5 November 2011. Used with permission.
• • On Sunday, 29 March 1936 • •
• • "Has Mae West Done Herself Wrong?" was the intriguing headline teasing readers of the Atlanta Journal Magazine in their issue dated for Sunday, 29 March 1936.
• • The byline went to Frank Daniel.
• • Congressional hearings being conducted in February and March 1936 by the U.S. Senate were peppered with the name of Mae West, whose new motion picture "Klondike Annie" caused a lot of concern on Capitol Hill.
• • On Saturday, 29 March 2008 in NYC • •
• • Offered for free in the Times Square area on Saturday afternoon, 29 March 2008 was a reading of the play "Courting Mae West" at The Producer's Club [358 West 44th Street, NYC]. Louis Lopardi directed the cast. Based on true events 1926—1932, the play dramatizes moments from both of the obscenity trials.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • An auction for a rare autographed b/w still from "The Heat Is On," showing Mae West surrounded by top-hatted gents in a dance number, was auctioned in New Hampshire by LiveAuctioneer.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I like to see how I'm doin'."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A site for the warship USS ASTORIA CA-34 mentioned Mae West.
• • Marines pose in front of marquee posters in Bremerton, Washington circa 1935. The films showing are Lucky Devils (1933) and She Done Him Wrong (1934) starring Mae West and a young Cary Grant. This image is a wonderful example of Sam Schutt's ability to capture the era in his photographs.
• • Source: Item from The Official Home of 'Nasty Asty'; undated material
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 12th anniversary • •
• • Thank
you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these
past eleven years. The other day we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a
milestone recently when we completed 3,500 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3670th 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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A very long article about MAE WEST and her career in Tinseltown appeared five years ago. It was written by Paul Phaneuf. Let's pick this up again and enjoy it together. This is Part 52.
• • Mae West: "I'm here to make talkies" or Censor Will vs. Diamond Lil • •
• • right out of Frank Capra • •
• • Paul Phaneuf wrote: The rest is right out of Frank Capra as Mae is now forced by her circumstances to play her role to the hilt, as the religious community is eager to embrace their newly arrived missionary.
• • At first she looks on it as a temporary dodge, but as she gets into her job, she begins to internalize Sister Annie's goodness. Easily up the challenge of working with tough miners' she tells them, "You people have been on the wrong track and I'm gonna steer you right. You'll never get anywhere 'cause you don't know how to wrestle the devil. Tying a knot in his tail won't throw him on his back. Ya gotta grab him by the horns. Ya gotta know him, know his tricks. I know him. And how I know him! I can make him say 'Uncle' — — if he has an uncle."
• • She begins by visiting the local "Dance Hall and Roulette Parlor" where she confronts the head dance hall "hostess" (Esther Howard) and orders her and her girls to attend the next revival meeting at the settlement house.
• • playin' a different tune • • . . .
• • This was Part 52. Part 53 will appear tomorrow.
• • Source: Article by Paul Phaneuf in Films of the Golden Age Magazine; issue dated 5 November 2011. Used with permission.
• • On Wednesday, 28 March 1927 • •
• • In March 1927, in reaction to the Broadway aspirations of Mae West's play "The Drag," the New York State Legislature passed a law banning all depictions of homosexuality on the stage.
• • "Sex" had already run for 339 performances • •
• • The full-length stage play "Courting Mae West" dramatizes the trial and other matters leading up to it — — and, of course, the colorful aftermath.
• • On Thursday, 28 March 1935 • •
• • Mae West was invited to party with the King of England during his jubilee in 1935.
• • The newspapers followed this story, announcing a few times that Mae West would definitely attend the party in London. However, it was not to be — — and the busy performer would not sail for Great Britain until after World War II when she toured in "Diamond Lil."
• • Source: Article: "Lord Byng Talks with Mae West" in The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser; published on Thursday, 28 March 1935.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The Arcade Theatre in New Jersey announced it would be offering "Klondike Annie" starring Mae West.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm not just a star — — I'm a writer as well. And a thinker! I always keep busy."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A New England daily mentioned Mae West.
• • Cambridge Sentinel wrote: “Mae Day” comes early this year, but we are referring to Mae West’s days which start on Saturday. The days are 4 in number and the occasion is “Klondike Annie” with Victor McLaglen as the conqueror of the “West," in a breezy story of San Francisco’s Barbary Coast and the fabulous Alaskan Gold Rush. . . .
• • Source: Cambridge Sentinel (Massachusetts); published on Saturday, 28 March 1936
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 12th anniversary • •
• • Thank
you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these
past eleven years. The other day we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a
milestone recently when we completed 3,500 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3669th 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/
________
Source:http://maewest.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Mae West
• • Photo: • • Mae West • • in court in 1928 • •
• • Feed — — http://feeds2.feedburner.com/MaeWest
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