Mae West: Ace Lamont

Articles on MAE WEST and 1930s reviews of her motion pictures that reveal how she was viewed by her peers are the most interesting. This review appeared in Time Magazine in 1934. This is Part 3 of 6 parts.
• • Belle of the Nineties (Paramount) • •
• • Mae West: Ruby Carter, the idol of Saint Louis • •
• • She is Ruby Carter, an entertainer of the mauve decade, the idol of St. Louis and of Tiger Kid (Roger Pryor). Tiger Kid is a prizefighter until his manager frames a telephone call which makes the Tiger think Ruby is unfaithful. Abandoned by the Tiger Kid, she goes to work at the "Sensation House" in New Orleans where Ace Lamont (John Miljan) seizes her in his arms. Miljan: "Your red lips, your white skin, your soft cheeks, your blue eyes, your. . . ."

• • Mae West: ''Say, is this a proposal, or are you takin' inventory?"
• • Molly Brant (Katherine DeMille) is Ace's one-time sweetheart, who dislikes Ruby for occupying her lover's attention and is later saved by Ruby and the Kid from a fire started by Ace Lamont in the hope of destroying "Sensation House" and burning Molly alive.
• • Mae West: Sole authorship of the two-line vaudeville gags • • . . .
• • To be continued.
• • Source: Time Magazine; published on Monday, 24 September 1934.
• • On Tuesday, 19 April 1927 • •
• • The sentencing of Mae West, Jim Timony, and the cast of "Sex" took place on Tuesday, 19 April 1927 in Jefferson Market Court (General Sessions). That trial and the dramatic guilty verdict end Act I of the full-length stage play "Courting Mae West: Sex, Censorship, and Secrets," a serious-minded comedy set during 1926 — 1932. Watch a scene on YouTube.
• • On Thursday, 19 April 1928 • •
• • In his diary, Carl Van Vechten wrote: Then we go to see Mae West in "Diamond Lil," sitting in the front row. I like it even better than before . . . .
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The name of today's sex kitten Brigitte Bardot comes to the white living room and Mae West shrugs off the siren of the Seine's shedding of clothes. "If you have to resort to that," says Mae, "you just haven't got it."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “The curve is the loveliest distance between two points.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A book on vaudeville stars mentioned Mae West.
• • Edward Watz wrote: Paramount would likely have been the ideal showcase for Bert Wheeler and Bob Woolsey's talents, since they were the one movie lot specializing in comedy, with the Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields, Mae West, Maurice Chevalier, Burns and Allen, Jack Oakie, Charlie Ruggles, and Mary Boland parading before the camera at that time.   ...
• • Source: Page in this book  "Wheeler and Woolsey: The Vaudeville Comic Duo and Their Films, 1929-1937" written by Edward Watz; published in April 2001
• • 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 • •
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