Mae West: Male Lechery

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 5 of 8.
• • The Best of Mae West • •
• • She Done Him Wrong: Mae West’s career died for your sins.
• • Mae West: the poignancy of male lechery • •

• • Scott Marks wrote: The film was directed by Lowell Sherman, a man Andrew Sarris said was “gifted with the ability to express the poignancy of male lechery when confronted with female longing.” Much of what made it on the stage was not suited for mass consumption at the movies; still, what’s here is probably the closest to undiluted Mae West as the Golden Age of Hollywood would allow.
• • Editor: Very little of the actual 3-hour play-script was used in the 66-minute film version.
• • Belle of the Nineties starring Mae West (1934) • •
• • Scott Marks wrote: Paramount in the ‘30s, the right place and right time for Leo McCarey, the only director fortunate enough to work with the studio’s behemoths of comedy, that triple-helping of absurdity The Marx Bros., W.C. Fields, and Mae West.
• • Mae West: Calling the shots • • ...
• • Part 6 will follow tomorrow.
• • Source: San Diego Reader; published on Friday, 11 December 2020.
• • On Tuesday, 15 February 1927 in Manhattan • •
• • In New York City on 15 February 1927 there had been a hearing against "Sex" in the Magistrate's Court, closely followed by The New York Times and other newspapers.
• • It was on that Tuesday in mid-February that Mae West's obscenity trial officially began.
• • Mae's obscenity trials are dramatized in the play “Courting Mae West.”
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Hollywood's gangsters did this: Held up Zeppo Marx for thirty-eight thousand dollars. Forced Mae West to part with about $16,000 worth of jewelry. Robbed Helene Costello's home of about $30,000.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "In my pictures I never took a man from another woman or pursued another woman's husband. That was all part of my plan to keep women audiences happy."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on “She Done Him Wrong” mentioned Mae West.
• • “She Done Him Wrong” (Paramount) • •  
• • Modern Screen wrote: Mae West (Diamond Lil) sure dishes out plenty of that risque business in this one (that's putting it delicately, but in spite of that, or on account of it, depending on yourself, it is downright funny).
• • Loaded with diamonds, Lil starts out as a saloon keeper's sweetie. She has men by the score and finally winds up by gettin' her man . . . who was darn tough to land. The cast is great, including Cary Grant, Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery and Rochelle Hudson. If you're not too highbrow, you'll go for this one! But leave the kids at home! ...
• • Source: Modern Screen; issue dated for May 1933
• • 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 4,670th 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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