Mae West: Savvy Media Star

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 1 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.
• • Mark Kennedy wrote: NEW YORK (AP) — Before there was a Cher or Madonna, Beyoncé or Rihanna, there was another savvy female media star who unapologetically embraced her sex appeal and femininity.

• • Mark Kennedy wrote: That would be Mae West, the bawdy, witty, sex symbol of the 1930s who pioneered a path for modern women with guts and a nod and a wink.
• • Mark Kennedy wrote: “Mae West: Dirty Blonde,” the first major documentary film on this cultural figure, makes its world premiere Tuesday on PBS, and this production attempts to look beyond Mae West’s famous gowns, curves and jewels.
• • Mae West: Has Mae been forgotten? • • ...  
• • To be continued.
• • Source: Associated Press (syndicated content); published on Monday, 15 June 2020.
• • On Saturday, 24 March 1934 in California • •
• • The recording of "My Old Flame" performed by Mae West, backed by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, took place on Saturday, 24 March 1934.
• • Initially, it was released on an audio single. "My Old Flame" was first heard in the motion picture "Belle of the Nineties" [Paramount Pictures, 1934].
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • It takes more than merely acting to become a national figure — an emblem — which, strange and contradictory as it may seem, is exactly what Mae West is.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I like my sexes stable."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in Look quoted Mae West.
• • "Raquel Welch, Mae West Talk about Men, Morals and Myra Breckinridge” • •
• • Jack Hamilton wrote: "Raquel does not masquerade as a man (she has a male alter ego, Rex Reed).”
• • Jack Hamilton wrote: "Mae West wrote her own scenes, completely changing the book's Letitia Van Allen from a masochistic victim of men to a Mae West all-conqueror.” ...
• • 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 4,697th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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