Mae West: Spicily Different

The Broadway hit “Personal Appearance” was customized to the talents of MAE WEST. Production began in high summer — — on Monday, 10 August 1936 — — and the project wrapped in September. Its release date was in mid-November, right before the holiday season began. This is Part 1 of 2.
• • "Go West Young Man" — — (Major Prod. / Paramount) • •
• • Hollywood, Nov. 3 — A typical Mae West show, this is for the West clientele plus those who expect something spicily different when the glamorous personality is featured. Based on the legitimate play, "Personal Appearance," numerous changes in the original were made and additions have been written in by Miss West to give her ample opportunity to demonstrate her special talents.
• • Liberally sprinkled with characteristic Westian gags and wisecracks, and including two somewhat similar solos, the film is basically farce comedy and, while noticeably different from previous West features, it does not fail to deliver all that is expected.
• • While on a personal appearance tour, Miss West has a receptive eye for any attractive male, which presents Warren William, as her publicity manager, with a constant source of trouble.
• • first romantic invasion • • . . .
• • Source: Motion Picture Daily’s Hollywood Preview; published on Wednesday, 4 November 1936.
• • On Sunday, 15 August 1993 • •

• • Molly Haskell wrote an article "Mae West's Bawdy Spirit Spans the Gay 90s" and it ran in The New York Times, Section 2, on Sunday, 15 August 1993.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Following previews at Oakland last week, the Mae West picture has gone back for retakes.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'll never believe the worst about anyone without complete proof."
• • Mae West said: "Marriage is a great institution.  As I've always said, no family should be without it."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Texas daily mentioned Mae West.
• • (Pre) Code Festival reflects controversial movie era • •
• • Craig Lindsey wrote:  These films will also feature some of the era’s heaviest hitters: sexual-innuendo virtuoso Mae West (“I’m No Angel,” “She Done Him Wrong”), angel-faced vamps Barbara Stanwyck (“Baby Face”) and Jean Harlow (“Red-Headed Woman”), German temptress Marlene Dietrich (“Shanghai Express”), perennial smart-alecks the Marx Brothers (“Duck Soup”) and, last but not least, Warren William (“Gold Diggers of 1933,” “Three on a Match,” “Employees’ Entrance”), whose rep for playing unscrupulous, nefarious men made him known as the “King of Pre-Code.”
• • Craig Lindsey wrote:  Says Bruce Goldstein, “I think all the ones I chose are really some of the most important films of the era.” . . .
• • Source: Houston Chronicle; published on Tuesday, 9 July 2019
• • 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 4279th 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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