Mae West: Marlo's Bed

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 7 of 9.
• • Making a case for “Sextette” • •
• • Mae West: If only Marlo's bed could talk! • •

• • John Seal wrote: But it’s sad to see Walter Pidgeon and George Raft share screen time with the likes of Regis Philbin, Rona Barrett, and sports announcer Gil Stratton (who, when confronted by the bridal suite, breathlessly announces “oh, if only this bed could talk!”).
• • John Seal wrote: "Sextette" also suffers from poor production values: some exteriors were shot on location in central London, but all the interiors were shot in Hollywood, and it shows—badly.
• • John Seal wrote: Director Ken Hughes didn’t even bother to crop out the incorrect hotel name (Regency Lafayette) from one scene, and the bit parts are filled with actors who barely attempt to disguise their American accents.
• • Mae West: “Sextette” has musical sequences • • ...
• • John Seal's 9-part analysis of ”Sextette” will continue.
• • Source: Berkeleyside; published on Tuesday, 15 June 2010.
• • On Friday, 27 January 1933 in the USA • •
• • The red carpet premiere of "She Done Him Wrong" took place in Hollywood on Friday, 27 January 1933. What a great day for Mae West.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • An “imaginative” meeting between frosty, anti-social Greta Garbo and sultry sex-empress Mae West generated commentary in a number of fan magazines early in 1933.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: ''I've been things and done places.''
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A book mentioned Mae West.
• • Picture Play editor Norbert Lusk identified some taboos the movie studios imposed on newsmen.
• • Anthony Slide wrote: Mention of Mae West’s business acumen is taboo, and Sonia Henie’s enormous earnings as a skating star of rink and screen must be ignored. Marriage and fatherhood are forbidden topics in interviews with Gary Cooper and Fred Astaire, nor must the latter’s real name of Austerlitz be given, while Ginger Rogers’ union with Lew Ayres was a non-existent fact which the compliant reporter shunned till divorce routed the hobgoblin. George Raft’s choice of fisticuffs as the quickest means of settling a difference of opinion was a virtue never to be extolled in the fan magazines.  ...
• • Source: "The Golden Age of the Fan Magazine" by Anthony Slide; published in 2010
• • 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 4,657th 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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