Mae West: Re-makes Delayed

Box-office draw MAE WEST was often in the headlines. Controversy was always swirling around the latest “Mae West picture.” Battling for industry dominance during the Great Depression, Paramount and 20th Century Fox were key players in this drama. Only one studio had exclusive access, however, to Mae.
• • Paramount — Capitol Pool Deal Awaits Action • •
• • Motion Picture wrote: Pooling of the Capitol and Paramount remained in status quo yesterday as representatives of both Loew's and Paramount prepared for further conferences on the proposal in the near future.
• • Motion Picture wrote: The outcome of the Loew-Warner negotiations for the Fox Metropolitan circuit and final release of Paramount's new Mae West picture are reported to have a bearing on the current delay.
• • Motion Picture wrote: Though denied, reports persist that if the Loew-Warner bid for Fox Met is consummated, all Warner Broadway houses would be turned over to Loew's, in which event the Capitol-Paramount pool probably would be abandoned.
• • The Mae West picture — — Re-makes have delayed its release • •

• • Motion Picture wrote: The Mae West picture was slated to be the first to play the Capitol under the pooling arrangement. Re-makes have delayed its release and no outstanding picture is available to take its place as the first booking on the Capitol's non-stage show policy, which would become effective with the pooling.
• • Source: Motion Picture Daily (page 1 news); published on Tuesday, 3 July 1934.
• • On Monday, 6 February 1928 • •
• • Mae West mailed her manuscript for "Diamond Lil" to the Library of Congress from the Harding Hotel, West 54th Street, New York, NY. The date of her Washington, DC copyright registration is Monday, 6 February 1928. The play opened on Broadway in April 1928.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Indicating Paramount's anticipation that the Mae West film will be dry cleaned sufficiently for release in the fall is a September date set aside for the picture at the Paramount here.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm much too busy to worry about gossip and trivial matters. If they don't like me, that's their business. I gotta keep busy turning out good pictures. Now that — — that's my business."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Motion Picture Daily mentioned Mae West.
• • “Out on Sunday” • •
• • Kansas City, Sept. 13. — As a concession to something or other, the Kansas City Journal-Post, running a serialized feature by Mae West titled "Me and My Past," omitted the story on Sunday and carried the installment on Monday instead.
• • An editor's note said the arrangement was requested by La West. …
• • Source: Motion Picture Daily; published on Friday, 14 September 1934
• • 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 4,400 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
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