MAE WEST said this about being on TV: “too many people seeing me for free.” But now that her motion pictures are on the small screen, Mae is being newly discovered. Let's hear from Scott Marks. This is Part 6 of 8.
• • The Best of Mae West • •
• • She Done Him Wrong: Mae West’s career died for your sins.
• • Mae West: Calling the shots • •
• • Scott Marks wrote: And Leo McCarey did them all in a row, too, from Duck Soup to Six of a Kind to Belle of the Nineties.
• • Scott Marks wrote: For the first time in her career, West received sole screenwriting credit, and it was she, not McCarey, calling the shots.
• • Scott Marks wrote: “My American Beauty” amounts to little more than an immobile West positioned center frame, hands planted firmly on hips that can’t stop gyrating, performing from within a quintet of costumier Travis Banton’s tightest — legend has it West had to be sewn into her costumes — and most outlandish creations.
• • Mae West: stereotypical mix of fire and brimstone with bayou hoodoo • • ...
• • Part 7 will follow tomorrow.
• • Source: San Diego Reader; published on Friday, 11 December 2020.
• • On Thursday, 16 February 1950 in Rochester • •
• • Rarely did Mae West miss a performance. When she did, however, it made the news.
• • On Thursday, 16 February 1950, Mae was starring in her popular Bowery melodrama "Diamond Lil" at the Auditorium Theatre in Rochester, NY — — when she collapsed onstage. At first it was thought that she was suffering from food poisoning.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The renaming of Mae West's "It Ain't No Sin" as "The Belle of New Orleans" drew protests today from civic and political bodies in Louisiana.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I had to have the spotlight more than anything else, shining full on me. I ached for the spotlight — — which was like the strongest man's arm around me, like an ermine coat."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in Variety mentioned Mae West.
• • Note: In 1955 Mae West shattered all attendance records at Chez Paree, co-owned by Jay "Jack" Schatz.
• • Note: During its glory days, this popular supper club was the place to catch performances by Lena Home, Sophie Tucker, and (of course) Mae West, always backed by its in-house chorus line.
• • When Mae brought her show to Chicago's Chez Paree, Variety reviewed the act on Wednesday, 16 February 1955.
• • Variety wrote "The femme ringsiders give blushing gasps of admiration to the musclemen, while their paunchy or anemic escorts cringe before the display of physical excellence." . . .
• • Source: Review in Variety; published on Wednesday, 16 February 1955
• • 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 4,671st 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.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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