Mae West: Stand Alone

Despite having a short shelf life, the feisty fan magazine called The Hollywood LOW-DOWN offered the low-down on MAE WEST quite often during 1934—1936, usually being the first when it came to scoops that passed by unremarked by Variety, Photoplay, Modern Screen, and other competitors.
• • Reviews of Mae West’s motion pictures prepared for publication in her own time are fascinating. Not all the critics agreed. Let’s see what L. Wolfe Gilbert, Jr. had to say. This is Part 1 of two sections.
• • « Reviews and Previews » • •
• • “Goin’ to Town” — —  (Very Good) • •

• • L. Wolfe Gilbert, Jr. wrote: Supported by a cast of very competent players, Mae West again clicks in her latest screen picture, “Goin’ to Town.”
• • L. Wolfe Gilbert, Jr. wrote: Mae still stands alone in her especial field of entertainment. It is undoubtedly her best picture since “She Done Him Wrong” — — a film that did much to help Paramount out of the financial doldrums.
• • L. Wolfe Gilbert, Jr. wrote: Alexander Hall, her director, has done very well with Mae’s script, which at times, drags and is loose. Hall, however, whips up the action until only the most critical will became conscious of these minor flaws.
• • L. Wolfe Gilbert, Jr. wrote: In “Goin’ to Town” Mae is a dancehall belle who does her part in making the west wild and wooly. She shoots craps with the stakes being she must marry a rustler if she loses.
• • Fate, in the form of the sheriff, intervenes to help Mae’s Cleo Borden • • . . .
• • This movie review from 1935 will be concluded on the next post.
• • Source: The Hollywood LOW-DOWN; published on Wednesday, 15 May 1935.
• • On Monday, 16 September 1928 • •
• • Mae West's play "Pleasure Man" opened on a Monday evening on 16 September 1928 at the Bronx Opera House in New York City.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Boris Petroff, who has been co-producer for all of Mae West’s films, likewise staged and produced many a box-office success on Broadway. 
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: ”I'm here to make talkies. I hope the film can take the temperature."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Modern Screen mentioned Mae West.
• • Ingrid Bergman is as curious as a cat professionally, too. She was in New York once when Mae West was starring in a bawdy burlesque, “Catherine Was Great.” Bergman told some friends she wanted to see it. They shuddered.
• • "Why?" they asked her. "It's a lousy play. You'd be bored with it. And Mae West — she's not your type at all!"
• • Ingrid shook her head. "She must have something," she persisted. "I'd like to know what it is. Maybe I can learn something from her." So she went.  …
• • Source: Modern Screen; published on Friday, 1 October 1948
• • 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 4,300 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4302nd 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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