• • Why Don’t You Come Up Sometime and Queer Me? • •
• • Reclaiming Mae West as Author and Sexual Philosopher • •
• • Mae West’s medical and legal discourse on homosexuality • •
• • Chase Dimock wrote: Before I go too far into this question of West’s medical and legal discourse on homosexuality, I should outline the play “The Drag” itself.
• • Chase Dimock wrote: In “The Drag” Rolly Kingsbury is a closeted homosexual who recently wed Clair, the daughter of a prominent doctor. Clair is disillusioned with the marriage because Rolly shows her little affection and spends most of his time working for the family’s profitable iron works company. An unsuspected love triangle forms when Rolly develops an attraction to a civil engineer on his project, Allen Grayson, who, in turn, falls for Claire. Rolly’s affection for Allen, in turn, drives his former lover David, an emotionally troubled, obvious invert into a state of rage, and he eventually murders Rolly. Rolly’s death “outs” his hidden sexuality to the family, including his father, a judge, and his father-in-law a doctor.
• • a serious discussion on legality of homosexuality • • . . .
• • His article will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: As It Ought to Be
• • Chase Dimock, who teaches Literature and Composition at College of the Canyons, is Managing Editor of As It Ought to Be.
• • On Tuesday, 12 September 1933 • •
• • Paramount Pictures pumped out the promotional copy for Mae West's "She Done Him Wrong" during 1933. "Not Once But Again and Again" read one ad headline printed in Variety's issue dated for Tuesday, 12 September 1933.
• • "Yes, they kinda went for me," Mae tells her audience in another advertisement.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mindful of movie-goers' budgets, The Danville Bee alerted film fans that there would be a "New Deal Show" on Thursday night so they could enjoy "Every Day's a Holiday" starring Mae West and featuring Edmund Lowe, Charles Butterworth, Walter Catlett, Lloyd Nolan.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "There never was any kind of dame, anywhere, that worried more about her figure than a showman does about his! I mean the one he reads and either weeps or sings about at the end of the week."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about Tampa mentioned Mae West.
• • Josh Poltilove wrote: Chester Beecroft envisioned creating a movie studio that would turn Tampa into the Hollywood of the East. It turned out to be wishful thinking. In March 1932, the veteran producer, who had made films with Mae West and Marion Davies, signed a long-term lease to house the Beecroft-Florida studios in the Davis Islands Coliseum. ...
• • Source: Article: "Curtain came down quickly on Davis Islands' film aspirations" written by Josh Poltilove for
• • 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 14th anniversary • •
• • Thank you for reading,
sending questions, and posting comments during these past fourteen years. Not
long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently
when we completed 4,000 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •• • The Mae West Blog was started fourteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4041st 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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