Mae West: Mae's Leap

MAE WEST is introduced to a new audience whenever a documentary film pops up. Mark Kennedy analyzes the most recent PBS biography. Was it a hit or a miss, in his opinion? This is Part 2 of 8.
• • PBS invites you to come up sometime and see a Mae West doc • •
• • “Mae West: Dirty Blonde,” the first major documentary film on this cultural figure, makes its world premiere Tuesday on PBS, an attempt to look beyond West's gowns, curves and jewels.
• • Mae West: Has Mae been forgotten? • •  
• • Mark Kennedy wrote: “She really does belong in the pantheon of great, strong American women. She’s just been forgotten. So we wanted to shine a bit of a light on what she achieved,” said Sally Rosenthal, who co-directed and co-produced the film with Julia Marchesi.

• • Mark Kennedy wrote: The film, executive produced by Bette Midler, traces West’s origins in vaudeville, her leap to Broadway as performer and playwright, her Hollywood debut as a sex symbol at age 40, and her last acts as Vegas nightclub star in her 60s and camp icon in her 80s.
• • Mark Kennedy wrote: It’s a remarkable life: Despite having only a third grade education, West wrote her own plays and screenplays [sic] and rarely delegated any detail.
• • Ed: Mae West always worked with co-writers and collaborators.
• • Mae West: Mae's many witticisms • •   ...  
• • To be continued.
• • Source: Associated Press (syndicated content); published on Monday, 15 June 2020.
• • On Tuesday, 25 March 1924 in San Antonio • •
• • On Tuesday, 25 March 1924 Mae West appeared on a vaudeville program at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West made her entrance at Alan Young’s home by arriving with three handsome young men. “Believe it or not,” she told them, “I gotta see a man about a barn."
• • Dressed to the teeth, and strutting her stuff, Mae West was welcomed to the home and invited to sit down. “Honey,” she said, “you don’t dare sit down in this gown. It’s standing room only.”
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "A lotta issue over a little tissue."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in Look quoted Mae West.
• • "Raquel Welch, Mae West Talk about Men, Morals and Myra Breckinridge” • •
• • Jack Hamilton wrote: Their scenes together are minute.
• • Jack Hamilton wrote: “I never appear opposite a woman,” Mae says sweetly.
• • Jack Hamilton wrote: “I would not have minded,” says Raquel. “But Mae didn't write me into her scenes.” ...
• • Source: Look Magazine; issue dated for Tuesday, 24 March 1970
• • 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 4,698th 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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