Mae West: To Its Knees

Was MAE WEST really misquoted? Let’s find out. This is Part 1 of eight sections.
• • 1930s sex symbol Mae West has been misquoted for decades, book reveals • •
• • Stephanie Nolasco wrote: Mae West only knew two rules of playwriting — — “write about what you know, and make it entertaining” — — which is why she chose to write about sex.
• • Stephanie Nolasco wrote: It’s no wonder she brought Hollywood to its knees when she wrote the 1933 film “She Done Him Wrong,” which chronicled a seductive nightclub singer who shimmied her way into the hearts of numerous suitors.
• • Stephanie Nolasco wrote: Mae West’s iconic film is chronicled in the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) book titled “Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934) When Sin Ruled the Movies.”

• • Stephanie Nolasco wrote: The book highlights the 22 shocking films that led to the strict Code of 1934 to prevent salacious and seemingly immoral tales being brought to life on the big screen. It includes more than 200 newly restored and some never-before-published photographs, as well as untold stories from filmmakers and exhibitors.
• • Mae West had a scandalous reputation • • . . .
• • This article by Stephanie Nolasco will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Fox News; published on Wednesday, 4 September 2019.   
• • On Sunday, 18 September 1932 • •
• • After facing down the man who robbed her in Hollywood on mid-September 1932 in a Los Angeles courtroom, Mae was shocked and horrified to learn that stick-up-artist Harry Voiler [1891 — 1974] was released on bail in Miami during February 1934.
• • Details about Mae's recent testimony had been published in several weekend editions across the USA on Sunday, 18 September 1932. Harry Voiler, parolee. Yikes.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Would you like to see Clark Gable as Mae West’s screen lover?
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “Sex is only a physical thing: the act is over, and then what? Where there's love, you have something maddening."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Modern Screen mentioned Jay Gorney and Mae West.
• • "All right, honey," said studio chief Winfield Sheehan, who was showing me, as a newly-hired composer, about the Fox lot. "Show Mr. Gorney what you can do." He smiled fondly.
• • And, with all the spontaneity of an animated doll, Shirley Temple went into an "imitation" of Mae West. Every inflection, every gesture, every smile was given with terrible and calculated archness. At last the dreadful routine came to a close — "Cm up and see me sometime. ..."
• • Source: Modern Screen; published in the issue dated for April 1949
• • 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 4304th 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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