Mae West: Musical Sequences

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 8 of 9.
• • Making a case for “Sextette” • •
• • Mae West: “Sextette” has musical sequences • •
• • John Seal wrote: The musical sequences are, however, the real reason to watch "Sextette" because they’re atrocious — — but utterly riveting.

• • John Seal wrote: From the Van McCoy-penned theme tune (‘Marlo, The Female Answer to Apollo!’) to the 'Love Will Keep Us Together' duet tunelessly crooned by West and Dalton and the disco version of 'Baby Face,' to the shoddily choreographed dance numbers (including a wretched 'Hooray for Hollywood,' in which hoofing bellboys waggle bouquets of flowers to disastrous effect), these are once seen, never forgotten performances.
• • Mae West: We need a fully restored "Sextette" • • ...    
• • John Seal's 9-part analysis of ”Sextette” will conclude on the next post.
• • Source: Berkeleyside; published on Tuesday, 15 June 2010.
• • On Saturday, 28 January 1978 in Los Angeles • •
• • Trying to catch up on paperwork on a Saturday, Mae was paying bills. A personal check was signed by Mae West on 28 January 1978. It was payable to "Dept. of Water and Gas" for the sum of $18.47.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • "Belle of the Nineties" [1934] was Mae West's first film that was produced after Hollywood implemented the repressive Hayes code.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  ''You've got to rock with the rock — — and roll with the roll.''
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A New York campus paper mentioned Mae West.
• • The small strip of land in the East River — known first as Blackwell's Island, then Welfare Island in 1921, and Roosevelt Island in 1973 — housed some of the city's most famous "undesirables" in its penitentiary: Boss Tweed, Mae West, and Billie Holiday, who served a four-month term for prostitution charges.
• • "The river became the place where they put all sorts of public institutions," says Edwin Burrows, professor of history at Brooklyn College, holder of a doctorate from Columbia, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898." He adds, "It wasn't until the early 1940s and 1950s that it became prime real estate."  . . .
• • Source: Columbia Daily Spectator; published on Thursday, 28 January 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 4,658th 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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