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When sixteen outstanding film classics were selected by the Film Society, a MAE WEST movie was included.
• • "Film Society Wednesday Night Series 1968 — 1969" • •
• • 16 Outstanding American and Foreign Features Including "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (world's first horror classic), "Father Sergius" (Russian silent classic, 1918), "She Done Him Wrong" starring Mae West, . . .
• • Admission is only by a series subscription — — [$5 for 16 Evenings of Entertainment]. . .
• • Source: Article in Daily Illini (page 11); published on Wednesday, 25 September 1968.
• • On Tuesday, 25 September 1934 in Variety • •
• • A lengthy review of "Belle of the Nineties" appeared in Variety on this date.
• • Abel wrote: "Belle of the Nineties" is a little of everything. Even "St. Louis Blues" and "Memphis Blues" are in it — — she did "Frankie and Johnny" in "Diamond Lil."
• • On Wednesday, 25 September 1940 in Variety • •
• • Andrew R. Kelley reviewed "My Little Chickadee" for Variety. His heavy-handed piece began on page 3 (continued on page 20) in the issue dated for Wednesday, 25 September 1940.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Wherever Mae West went, a crowd was sure to follow. But Mae took all the adulation good-naturedly.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • To her director at Paramount, Mae West said: "I'm going to walk. Nobody can romp around in orchids, ermine and diamonds. I want to come in slowly, throw my wrap off and say something to cover up the snail's pace George Raft-ward."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A newspaper in Ithaca, NY mentioned Mae West.
• • Coming on Sunday to the Strand Theatre — — Mae West in "Belle of the Nineties" . . .
• • Source: Item in The Cornell Daily Sun; published on Tuesday, 25 September 1934
• • Note: Los Angeles Evening Herald Express film critic Harrison Carroll wrote this in September 1934: After seeing Mae West’s new picture Belle of the Nineties, one can only borrow a current slogan and advise the censors: ”Next time, get Ethyl.”
• • Harrison Carroll continued: The blonde star has played the game according to their rules and emerged with a much funnier film than her last effort, I’m No Angel, which paid a profit that would make your eyes bulge. Belle of the Nineties,
now playing at the Paramount, is a typical Mae West film about a St.
Louis burlesque queen who went south to New Orleans and did everything
but make the Mississippi run backwards. [Carroll added: Frankie Baker, of "Frankie and Johnny" fame, also was a St. Louis woman who went down to New Orleans, where she met a young mack named Johnny. Coincidence. . . ?]
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 11th 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 3,200 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3275th 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:
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At Paramount Pictures, MAE WEST worked with Harlan Thompson who was born this month on September 24th.
• • Harlan Thompson [24 September 1890 — 29 October 1966] • •
• • Born in Hannibal, Missouri on Wednesday, 24 September 1890, Harlan Thompson wrote for newspapers. By 1923, he was writing for Broadway. He transitioned to working in the film industry as thy tried to adapt musicals to the screen. Eventually, he wound up at 20th Century Fox.
• • After moving to Paramount, Thompson collaborated with several people on screenplays for this major studio.
• • Harlan Thompson was assigned as a "continuity writer" to the Mae West vehicle that became "I'm No Angel" (Paramount, 6 October 1933). Though Mae had fired two writers who had been assigned by Paramount Pictures, it is said that she accepted help from Thompson, who wrote a lot of the script and some of Mae West's dialog. According to Thompson's wife, "How much she contributed I don't know, but she moved in, as she always moved in on anything, and got credit for the story, the screenplay and the dialogue."
• • Harlan Thompson died in New York City Sunday, 29 October 1966. He was 76.
• • Starting on Monday, 24 September 1928 • •
• • "Pleasure Man" written by Mae West was shown at the Bronx Opera House from 17 September until 22 September 1928. Then the play moved to the Boulevard Theatre in Queens for a single week starting on Monday, 24 September 1928. Then Mae's provocative piece opened at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway on 1 October 1928, at which point the police padlocked it, despite its heavy advance sale.
• • The stage play "Courting Mae West" dramatizes the police raid and the aftermath.
• • On Monday, 24 September 1934 • •
• • After a long battle with the Hays Office, "Belle of the Nineties" won its approval. Despite that, several state censor boards deemed certain portions of the motion picture objectionable. They went on to take the scissors to some of Mae West's songs and snipped bits of dialogue, reported the Boston Herald in their issue dated for Monday, 24 September 1934. Sigh.
• • On Wednesday, 24 September 1941 • •
• • "Ex-Husband Loses Mae West Suit — Monthly Maintenance Denied Wallace" • •
• • United Press informed the world on Wednesday, 24 September 1941, that fortune-hunter Frank Wallace lost his $ 1,000 a month temporary separate maintenance suit against Mae West in a ruling that questioned his good faith in bringing the action against his actress-wife. Their article was widely syndicated.
• • On Tuesday, 24 September 1946 • •
• • Playing a sultry, irresistible detective, Mae West took the starring role of clever Carliss Dale in the stage play "Come On Up (Ring Twice)," which toured during 1946 in California and elsewhere. This comedy was written by Miles Mander, Fred Schiller, and Thomas Dunphy.
• • A local drama critic had written a review. The title was: "Come on up to Suite B-3, Bellflower Apartments, and ask for Carliss." This was published on Tuesday, 24 September 1946.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Well, anyway, Mae West took all their names and addresses and sent all of the Midget Village folks a present the next day, and to the little Mae West midget she sent a diamond ring.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "She who laughs lasts."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Screenland Magazine mentioned Mae West.
• • Out at Warner Brothers, little Sybil Jason, her sister Anita, and her uncle Harry Jacobson and I had lunch together in the Green Room. . . .
• • She'll do a sophisticated impersonation of Mae West one minute, and the next she'll be crying for her dolly like any baby girl. She'll talk like an adult one minute, and the next she'll be a little girl that you can't resist cuddling. I'm afraid she's what I've always avoided — a child prodigy. But so help me, I'm crazy about her.
• • Sybil Jason was born in Capetown, South Africa [23 November 1927 — 23 August 2011], and at the early age of two began to startle South Africa by her vocal accomplishments, her ability to play the piano and sing, and to mimic celebrities such as the "come up and see me" star. . . .
• • Source: Article on child actresses in Screenland; published in the issue dated for September 1935
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 11th 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 3,200 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3274th 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 1935 • •
• • Feed — — http://feeds2.feedburner.com/MaeWest
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MAE WEST had such a reputation that some people felt she was "the national pastime."
• • "Barnyard to Boneyard" by John L. Strohm • •
• • Collegiate columnist John L. Strohm wrote: Today is Sunday — that alleged day of rest — when date-goers will recuperate from last night by sleeping until noon so they can go out again tonight; when students will catch up on their sleep that they have lost while catering to the whims of the professors last week . . .
• • John L. Strohm observed: You should know that the national pastime on the campus is not baseball, football, or even Mae West, as some people claim — — but coking in one of those dens of iniquity where smoke, noise, saxophones, and women combine to give as much excitement as a monkey playing the pipe organ in church. . . .
• • Campus column in Daily Illini; published on Sunday, 23 September 1934.
• • On Sunday, 23 September 1934 in The L.A. Times • •
• • An article argued for censorship of the type of motion picture made by Mae West and other bombshells. "Films Should Be Fit for Children to See" was printed in The Los Angeles Times on Sunday, 23 September 1934.
• • On Monday, 23 September 1940 • •
• • "My Little Chickadee" starring Mae West and W.C. Fields was playing at the Grand Theatre, as part of a double feature, in New Zealand on Monday, 23 September 1940. "Final screening tonight!" announced the advertisement on that date on the front page of the Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 216. "Honestly, this is a great programme!" was lettered all in caps under the cast and credits. "Both recommended — Censor for Adults."
• • On Tuesday, 23 September 1947 • •
• • The headline was: "I've Come to Find out, Says Mae."
• • The Singapore Free Press wrote: Mae West invited goggle-eyed British reporters to "come up and see me sometime" when she ran the first gauntlet of them on her arrival at Southampton at two o'clock on Wednesday morning.
• • Just to keep everything above board, Mae asked them all to a press reception at the Savoy Hotel, explained The Singapore Free Press (on page 3) in their issue dated for Tuesday, 23 September 1947. Yes, such excitement.
• • On Tuesday, 23 September 1969 • •
• • Production on the motion picture "Myra Breckinridge" began in September — — on Tuesday, 23 September 1969 — — and Mae West (cast as Leticia Van Allen) received top billing. Production concluded on 26 February 1970.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Believe it or not, the person besieged by the most autograph hunters, with the exception of Mae West, was Buck Jones.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Keep a diary and one day it'll keep you."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Screenland Magazine mentioned Mae West.
• • When Mae West appeared in the Motion Picture Hall of Fame at the Fair there was quite a flutter to be sure. An observer reported that he heard at least ten women say, "Isn't she tiny! I expected to see a big woman."
• • Screenland's columnist added: You see, Toots, the camera always makes one look larger than in real life. . . .
• • Source: Item in Screenland; published in the issue dated for September 1933
• • Note: Mae West on the cover of Modern Screen's issue for September 1933 when she was expected to make a motion picture with the dishy leading man Clark Gable for M-G-M. The projected title was "New Orleans." But Clark signed a contract for "Gone with the Wind" instead.
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 11th 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 3,200 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3273rd 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 1933 • •
• • Feed — — http://feeds2.feedburner.com/MaeWest
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