MAE WEST had many admirers: some who enjoyed her and others who understood her. John Seal, who recommends “Sextette,” explains how to appreciate this campy comedy. This is part 6 of 9.
• • Making a case for “Sextette” • •
• • Mae West: “Sextette” has pointless cameo appearances • •
• • John Seal wrote: Unfortunately, the film suffers when old movie stars and modern day rockers are shoe-horned into the proceedings via pointless cameo appearances.
• • John Seal wrote: Ringo Starr is awful as director Karolny (referred to by Marlo as ‘The Son of Lubitsch’) and Alice Cooper’s appearance as a bewigged, ballad-singing bellboy is befuddling.
• • John Seal wrote: Keith Moon does a bit better as a swishy couturier and even manages to work his infamous Robert Newton impersonation into the proceedings.
• • Mae West: If only Marlo's bed could talk! • • ...
• • John Seal's 9-part analysis of ”Sextette” will continue.
• • Source: Berkeleyside; published on Tuesday, 15 June 2010.
• • Diem Obiit Mater: on Sunday, 26 January 1930 • •
• • Mae West and her mother were really the love of each other's lives until Matilda died in the month of January — — on Sunday, 26 January 1930 — — at age 59. How terrifying it was for Mae during the winter of 1929, knowing that her mother's illness was worsening. After Matilda died, Mae felt, "There wasn't anyone to play to."
• • Note: On the April 1911 marriage license for Mae West and Frank Wallace, her mother's name is noted as "Matilda Dilker" not Delker, quite probably a clerical error.
• • On Monday, 26 January 1948 • •
• • In Britain, The Times reported on Monday, 26 January 1948 that "Miss West is a competent actress. Appearing in a tawdry ornate framework of her own devising, she puts across her own kind of audacity with good timing and a shrewd sense of its own absurdity."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Believing the title "It Ain't No Sin" may invite criticism at this time, Paramount had decided to give the forthcoming Mae West picture the handle of "That Saint Louis Woman," but found out the title had been used before.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I freely chose the kind of life I led because I was convinced that a woman has as much right as a man to live the way she does if she does no actual harm to society."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on Icons of the Century mentioned Mae West.
• • Carole Horst wrote: Mae West made only a handful of films, but they not only launched the career of Cary Grant, they gave us snappy double entendres and the Hays Code. “I believe in censorship,” she once said. “I made a fortune out of it.” ...
• • Source: Variety; published on Sunday, 16 October 2005
• • 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 4,600 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,656th 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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