Mae West: Diamond's Daughter

The producer of MAE WEST's play “Diamond Lil” had been shopping a sequel — — for at least 20 years. The N.Y. Daily News first announced Jack Linder's project on Sunday, 25 January 1931.
• • This is some of the follow-up coverage from September 1943.
• • The author was Adeline M. Leitzbach (c1884 — 1968); she was one of Mae West’s ghostwriters.
• • Jack Linder's Indie Picture, “Daughter of Diamond Lil” • •
• • Variety wrote: Jack Linder, former N.Y. independent vaude booker who some years ago produced several legits, including 'Diamond Lil' starring Mae West, has closed a deal to produce three feature films for Astor Pictures, indie distributing organization headed by Robert M. Savini.

• • Variety wrote: Contract calls for an option for three additional pictures if the initial trio are satisfactory and profitable.
• • Variety wrote: First feature for Astor Pictures will be “The Daughter of Diamond Lil.” But prior to going into production on it, Linder, now in San Francisco, will put on “Lady Chatterly's Lover” as a legit attraction at the Geary there.
• • Variety wrote: Jack Linder has taken the house for three weeks starting Nov. 7. He tried out “Lady Chatterly's Lover” previously at the Brighton, in Brighton Beach, NY and at the Locust, Philadelphia. During the past year, Jack Linder became an exhibitor through the acquisition of a motion picture house in Michigan.
• • To be continued on tomorrow's post.
• • Source: Variety; published on Wednesday, 8 September 1943.
• • Starting on Monday, 24 September 1928 • •
• • "Pleasure Man" written by Mae West was shown at the Bronx Opera House from 17 September until 22 September 1928. Then the play moved to the Boulevard Theatre in Queens for a single week starting on Monday, 24 September 1928.  Then Mae's provocative piece opened at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway on 1 October 1928, at which point the police padlocked it, despite its heavy advance sale.
• • The stage play "Courting Mae West" dramatizes the police raid and the aftermath.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Believe it or not, the person besieged by the most autograph hunters, with the exception of Mae West, was Buck Jones.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Keep a diary and one day it'll keep you."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Film Daily mentioned Mae West.
• • Praise for Mae West: “Censor-proof, club-women proof. Should have a grand effect at the box-office. Intensely saleable. “ — National Bulletin  ...
• • Source: quoted in The Film Daily; published on Thursday, 6 January 1938
• • 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 16th 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,568th 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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