Mae West: “Men in My Life”

In 1943, MAE WEST was working on a new stage play called “Men in My Life” with a collaborator. Mike Todd was so excited about this that he planned to mount it on Broadway.  Out of all the material Mae invested her time in, there remains so much that was unseen and unproduced, unfortunately.
• • All that's left are hints and snippets in intriguing published accounts, it seems. Read this with a sigh.
• • Mike Todd Drops 'Catherine' for a New Mae West Script • •
• • Variety wrote: Mike Todd likes another play which Mae West has written with a collaborator, and is dropping 'Catherine Was Great' in favor of the new script, titled “Men in My Life.” Otherwise, his plans to star her on Broadway remain as is.

• • Variety wrote: This is the show which follows 'Mexican Hayride,'  the Cole Porter and Dorothy and Herbert Fields musical slated for the Imperial in N. Y. shortly after Jan. 1. Meantime,  Mike Todd's, first of the three productions for 1943-44, 'Waked Genius,' comes into the Plymouth Theatre in N. Y. on October 11 or October 18, depending on its rewrite, shifting to Baltimore for further break-in after its Boston opening last week.
• • Source: Variety; published on Wednesday, September 22, 1943.
• • On Tuesday, 2 October 1928 • •
• • Producer Carl Reed and lawyer James Timony secured an injunction. "The Pleasure Man" was able to give a second performance on Tuesday, 2 October 1928, then the police padlocked the show for good.
• • Outraged that a woman would write a play about homosexuals in love, the Evening Post ran this headline "They Don't Come Any Dirtier" on 2 October 1928.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Hollywood — Emanuel Cohen has definitely decided on "Go West Young Man" as the title of the new Mae West picture based on the stage play, "Personal Appearance," being filmed by Major Pictures for Paramount release.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I think this return to the graceful, comfortable curves of yesteryear will be a wonderful thing for the women of America. It will improve their health, give them vitality and added magnetism, and enhance their natural charm."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The National Board of Review discussed Mae West.
• • Did Mary of Scotland, by throwing away the literary style of Maxwell Anderson's play, improve or harm itself as a film?
• • Did Mae West add to “Personal Appearance” or subtract from it when she altered it into “Go West Young Man”?
• • All such questions are interesting to dispute over in connection with films that are derived from novels and plays.  ...
• • Source: The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures; published in the issue dated for December 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 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 4,574th 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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