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 3 of 4 segments.
• • Mae West: Lowell Sherman directed • •
• • Variety columnist Bige wrote: With the material Lowell Sherman, director this time instead of actor, turned in a commendable job. He tackled the script with a tongue-in-cheek attitude that takes nothing too seriously, and he restrained Miss West from going too far, something Mae has never been able to do on her own.
• • A Bowery street setting • •
• • Mae West: Stands out as a distinct personality • • . . .
• • Part 4 (the last excerpt) will follow tomorrow.
• • Source: Variety; published on Tuesday, 14 February 1933.
• • On Tuesday, 4 February 1930 in NYC • •
• • New York City's "picture newspaper" The Daily Mirror reported that Mae West "collapsed in her dressing room at the Shubert Riviera Theatre" [sic]. Nevertheless, her attorney Nathan Burkan dismissed the idea that his client's uncustomary breakdown was due to her upcoming court appearance. The author of "Pleasure Man," insisted Burkan, "is not in the least worried about the outcome of her impending trial."
• • Scheduled to begin on Tuesday, 4 February 1930 in Manhattan, the "Pleasure Man" trial was not brought before Judge Amadeo Bertini until 16 March 1930. Mae looked plenty worried in several photos taken when the trial was in session.
• • The "Pleasure Man" trial is intriguingly dramatized in Act 2 of the stage play "Courting Mae West." The audience gets to see how Mae first behaves very cagily around her friend Texas Guinan, and later on they hear the terrible truth when Mae's sister Beverly enters as Nathan Burkan exits.
• • Source: The Daily Mirror (NYC); published on Monday, 3 February 1930.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Madame Wu's Garden in Los Angeles was a favorite of Mae West as well as Cary Grant.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I've always been aware of sex, and it's always been aware of me."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A New Zealand newspaper mentioned Mae West and her first motion picture.
• • Plaza Theatre "Night After Night" recommended by the censor for adults . . . with Alison Skipworth and Mae West . . .
• • . . . a story that will race your pulse, thrill your hearts, stir your imagination. Commencing Saturday next! . . .
• • Source: The Press (Christchurch, NZ); published on Thursday, 2 February 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 4,663rd 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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