Mae West: Marketing Herself

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 6 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: Never apologizes for who she is • •
• • Mark Kennedy wrote: What emerges is a portrait of a woman who was incredibly savvy about marketing herself.

• • Mark Kennedy wrote: When Mae West was charged with obscenity in 1927 for her play “Sex,” she was sentenced to 10 days in prison but was offered the opportunity to pay a fine and be released immediately. Seeing the huge publicity value of the case, she demanded [sic] to be sent to prison.
• • Mae West: Offered the Chance to Pay the Fines • •
• • Mark Kennedy wrote: “Mae’s example is about the sort of a woman who doesn’t experience shame or embarrassment, and she never, ever apologizes for who she is,” Marchesi said. “Women are always apologizing for everything all the time. She just didn’t care [sic] what anybody thought of her.”
• • Ed: Mae West was intensely protective of her image and her brand to the point of white-washing facts about her birth-year and what her father did for a living, pretending she was never married (even though she was a bigamist), and claiming she never drank or smoke when her apartment was filled with ashtrays and cigarette paraphernalia during the 1930s? How could anyone say that a woman like this "didn't care" what people thought about her?
• • Mae West: A Female Trailblazer • •  ...
• • To be continued.
• • Source: Associated Press (syndicated content); published on Monday, 15 June 2020.
• • On Sunday, 31 March 1912 • •
• • The end of March signaled the beginning of excitement down at "The Corner" [Seventh Avenue and 42nd Street]. The New York Times announced on Sunday, 31 March 1912 that "Mae West and Her Boys" would take the stage at Hammerstein's Victoria.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • With more than 125 films to his credit, Franz Planer certainly had his successes. For instance, the cinematographer shot five of Audrey Hepburn's films including the iconic "Breakfast at Tiffany's" [1961]. And though "The Heat's On" is tepid fare, at least he got to work with Mae West.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "I was always fascinated by prisons and mental institutions. ... I wasn't going to be deprived of that experience."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about Rossmore Street mentioned Mae West.
• • Fans Hoping to Designate Rossmore between Melrose and Beverly Blvd “Mae West Curve” • •
• • Patricia Lombard wrote: According to an online petition, fans want the city to erect a brown local landmark sign in honor of the legendary Hollywood actress Mae West, to commemorate the 50 years West resided on Rossmore Avenue in the Ravenswood Apartments.  
• • Patricia Lombard wrote: In addition, Angelenos explain that Mae West was a groundbreaking woman in the history of Hollywood when she started making movies for Paramount Pictures in the 1930s, at the age of 40. ...
• • Source: Larchmont Buzz; published on Monday, 18 March 2019
• • 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 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,702nd 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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