Mae West: A Man's Game

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 3 of 8.
• • The Best of Mae West • •
• • She Done Him Wrong: Mae West’s career died for your sins.
• • Mae West: Happens to be smart enough • •
• • Scott Marks wrote: Notice how the ladies of the Bowery plug their noses the moment her horse-drawn carriage nears; menfolk doff their hats, craning forward for a look.

• • Scott Marks wrote: Mae West’s approach to the opposite sex was simple: married or single, it’s a man’s game. Lou “happens to be smart enough to play it their way.”
• • Scott Marks wrote: Apart from Cary Grant (and W.C. Fields), West’s lineup of leading man were fully operational targets, set in line for West to knock down.
• • Scott Marks wrote: Other slabs of meat on the menu, just waiting for West to butcher them, included David Landau, Noah Beery, Sr., and the pristine and preeminently arrogant Gilbert Roland.
• • Mae West: Visit to prison • • . . .
• • Part 4 will follow tomorrow.
• • Source: San Diego Reader; published on Friday, 11 December 2020.
• • John Edwin West, Jr. [11 February 1900 — 12 October 1964] • •
• • Born in February — — on Sunday, 11 February 1900 — — in Brooklyn, John Edwin West died on 12 October 1964. He was 64. Mae made arrangements for the body of her beloved kid brother to be sent back to Brooklyn to the family crypt.
• • Two weeks later, Mae — — who hated to think about death — — made a Will.
• • On Saturday, 11 February 1933 • •
• • The Los Angeles Daily News ran an article on "She Done Him Wrong" in their weekend edition on Saturday, on 11 February 1933.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West is to be seen at the Paramount in a hearty and blustering cinematic cartoon of the devilish '90s. With the haughty strut and the nasal twang which are the principal assets of her repertoire, she filled the screen with gaudy humor.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm still looking for the right man. My trouble is, I find so many right ones, it's hard to decide."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on politics  mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West had something to say about politics. “A country is just one big family,” commenced Miss West during an intermission in the production of her new feature, "Klondike Annie,” with Victor McLaglen. “It has internal problems, and arguments with neighbors." ...
• • Source: Pottstown Mercury; published on Monday, 10 February 1936
• • 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 4,668th 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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