Mae West: A Free-and-Easy

Yesterday we read a fan letter about MAE WEST written from the viewpoint of Laura Brey, who had also been a child during the 1890s, and who appreciated how Mae schooled movie-goers in "the fallacy of false modesty."
• • In February 1933, Variety had a different viewpoint on Tinseltown's newest movie queen. It is important to see how the press viewed Mae West in the early 1930s as she was becoming a screen star. This is Part 2 of 4 segments.
• • Mae West: This flicker inside a Bowery free-and-easy • •
• • Variety columnist Bige wrote: Folks in the sticks seeing Mae West for the first time in this flicker, without having heard of or about her before, are likely to inquire as to what reform school Mae was brought up in.  
• • Variety columnist Bige wrote: They may not know it, but they’ll be seeing Mae in ‘Diamond Lil.’  Nothing much changed except the title, but don’t tell that to Will Hays.

• • Editor: Variety is wrong. Very little remained of Mae's 3-hour play in Paramount's 66-minute film. Aside from the self-defense murder of Rita (taken straight from the play), only some of the short scenes with Captain Cummings were filmed along with the brief tete-a-tete with Jacobson, where Lady Lou offers to buy Jacobson's Hall from him, and a little more.
• • Variety columnist Bige wrote: Atmospherically, ‘She Done Him Wrong’ is interesting since it takes the customers back to the 1890’s and inside a Bowery free-and-easy, but mostly following a few highlights in the career of Diamond Lou, nee Lil [sic]. Correction: Mae's character was Lady Lou.  
• • Mae West: Lowell Sherman directed • • . . .
• • Part 3 will follow tomorrow.
• • Source: Variety; published on Tuesday, 14 February  1933.
• • On Monday, 3 February 1936 in Hollywood • •
• • There must have been a good reason why Paramount Productions published a "Klondike Annie: censorship dialogue script" on Monday, 3 February 1936. This script was 146 pages long.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Zola's Nana is, like Mae West, a song and dance lady.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Singapore newspaper mentioned Mae West's play on Friday, 2 February 1951.
• • "Mae West Play Obscene: Censors" • •
• • The Straits Times wrote: Censors in Atlanta, America, banned Mae West in flesh as they had done 18 years ago on film. They said the play "Diamond Lil," in which Mae was scheduled to appear, was "lewd and obscene" in New York.
• • The Straits Times added: Jack Small, the producer, is seeking an injunction against the Atlanta censors. ...
• • Source: The Straits Times; published on Friday, 2 February 1951
• • 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 4,662nd 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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