• • Let’s hear from The N.Y. Times critic first. This is Part 1 of 7 excerpts.
• • Diane Arbus [14 March 1923 — 26 July 1971] • •
• • Theater Review — — “When Mae West Met Diane Arbus” • •
• • N.Y. Times critic Laura Cappelle wrote: MELBOURNE, Australia — “Imperious, adorable, magnanimous, genteel, and girlish, almost simultaneously.” That’s how photographer Diane Arbus described Mae West in 1964. West, a 71-year-old screen legend, hated the unvarnished photos her visitor took for “Show” magazine. Still, the women — both trailblazers, yet polar opposites in other ways — spent hours together, and Arbus’s words suggest sparks flew between them.
• • Laura Cappelle wrote: While their sole encounter might seem like a thin premise for a play, Stephen Sewell’s “Arbus and West,” presented by Melbourne Theater Company [until 30 March 2019], spins it into a complex chamber piece.
• • “Arbus and West” doesn’t feel insubstantial • • . . .
• • Laura Cappelle’s review will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: N.Y. Times, stage review; published on Thursday, 21 March 2019.
• • On Tuesday, 2 July 1935 • •
• • It was a long, hot summer wrestling with the Hays Office over the script for "Klondike Annie." Mae West and Paramount got more bad news from the censors on Tuesday, 2 July 1935.
• • The Hays Office wrote: "We judge from your letter that during part of this picture, Miss West will be masquerading as an exponent of religion or a religious worker. ..."
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • We’re here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Those who check their inhibitions at the door will have themselves a night, an experience they won't soon forget — — Mae West.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "They [the police] said to me, 'These guys is fairies'."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An auction site mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West in her bedroom, Santa Monica, California, 1965 • •
• • Though her career was short, lasting but 15 years, Diane Arbus [1923 — 1971] produced a collection of photographs that has influenced and revolutionized the history of photography and art. Diane Arbus began as a photo journalist shooting for popular consumer publications such as Vogue, Esquire, and Harper's Bazaar. She was best known for her portraits of eccentrics, people excluded from the society, transvestites, nudists, and midgets, but also for her photographs of couples and children.
• • Beginning in 1962, Arbus worked with a Rolleiflex camera. In the square prints, of which negatives are still visible, she portrayed her characters centered in the foreground. . . .
• • Source: various auction sites; published on [undated]
• • 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 15th anniversary • •
• • Thank you for reading,
sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not
long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently
when we completed 4,200 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4247th 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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