• • Mae West: More Than Meets the Eye • •
• • establishing Mae West’s film image • •
• • Katherine Johnson wrote: “She Done Him Wrong” and “I’m No Angel,” Mae West’s other film released in 1933, both proved successful, and established West’s film image. However, they also became a part of a larger controversy over self-censorship of industry content. About halfway through the 1930s, and as a result of films like West’s, the Motion Picture Production Code forced a change in West’s style.
• • Katherine Johnson wrote: Mae West could no longer perform her sexually-laced comedy with such a heavy hand.
• • Mae West’s sexuality • • . . .
• • To be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Article by Katherine Johnson for Indiana University Cinema… A Place for Film™; posted on Wednesday, 26 September 2018.
• • On Friday, 6 March 1934 • •
• • "Mae West Becomes a Lady" • •
• • On Friday, 6 March 1934 the West Australian wrote: A Mae West picture, and the first of a 'Father Brown' series, form the main portion of today's new programme at the Grand Theatre. Mae West is cast as a Western cattle rancher who inherits a small fortune when her partner-to-be in matrimony dies suddenly. She decides to become a lady, hence the title "Now I'm a Lady."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West will star in "Queen of Sheba" as her next production, which William LeBaron will handle. Paramount will use the David Boehm story, "For My Country," for the title, purchasing the property through the William Morris office yesterday.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “No, you needn't be beautiful; you just make the men think you are beautiful, and that's not hard. In the first place, you have to know all about yourself; your good points, and your not-so-good ones."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The United Press discussed the divorce between Paramount Pictures and Mae West.
• • "Studio Fed Up with Mae West and Ends Contract" • •
• • "Blonde Signs with Cohen on Salary, Percentage Basis" • •
• • Hollywood, March 6 — [U.P.] — Blonde Mae West, the screen's leading siren, was through today at the studio which took her from stage to film stardom as Paramount Pictures disclosed the actress had been released from her contract. The studio notified Miss West that it considered her contract terminated and indicated it was "fed up on Miss West's temperament."
• • The actress had claimed the studio failed to live up to the terms of her contract by spending too much time on her last starring vehicle, "Klondike Annie." . . .
• • Source: United Press rpt in The Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah); published on Friday, 6 March 1936
• • 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 • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,425th 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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