Mae West: Risque Revels

On Wednesday, 17 September 1947, MAE WEST arrived in Southampton on Queen Mary. This is Part 2 of 6.
• • Screen siren Mae West stopped traffic on 1947 Glasgow visit • •
• • Mae West had Scottish fans • •
• • Ann Fotheringham wrote: Glasgow theatregoers could not get enough of Ms West, who revelled in her risqué public persona and delighted audiences with her racy patter.
• • Ann Fotheringham wrote: They cheered her as she strolled to the hotel, not at all fazed by the crowds.
• • Ann Fotheringham wrote: The play, when it opened, went down well with the Glasgow Times’ sister newspaper The Herald, who carried a review.
• • Ann Fotheringham wrote: “Here is a piece of magnificent nonsense, a full-blooded melodrama of the ‘nineties ... The period is amazingly well recreated: the players get the spirit of it, and ‘ham’ it with zest,” wrote the reviewer.
• • Mae West: Typical Wisecracks • •  . . .
• • This 6-part article will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: Glasgow Times, 200 Renfield St., Glasgow, Scotland; published on Wednesday, 15 April 2020.
• • On Monday, 14 September 1931 • •

• • After enormous effort, on Wednesday, 4 November 1931 the final curtain came down at the Royale Theatre on "The Constant Sinner" starring and written by Mae West.
• • Set in Harlem, the play had opened on Monday, 14 September 1931 and ran for 64 performances on Broadway.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West, as we have repeatedly contended, is one of cinema-land’s stars who deserves all the complimentary adjectives which usually precede her name.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "All my pictures have made big money. And I wouldn't take on any project unless it was right for me."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Los Angeles daily mentioned Mae West.
• • The house in Van Nuys, Calif, is vacant these days, but according to Charlotte Gottenbos, who lives across the street, it has been receiving a steady stream of visitors. That's because the house once belonged to Mae West, but the visitors haven't been coming simply to pay homage to the legendary star who died last November at the age of 87....
• • Source: The L.A. Times;  published on Wednesday, 30 September 1981
• • 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 4,560th 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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