Mae West: DeMille's Daughter

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 5 of 6 parts.
• • Belle of the Nineties (Paramount) • •
• • Mae West: Molly Brant was played by Katherine DeMille • •
• • Katherine DeMille's father was a Canadian named Edward Lester, killed in one of the Vimy Ridge engagements. Her mother died in a Los Angeles charity hospital.
• • Katherine DeMille [29 June 1911 ― 27 April 1995] • •

• • As Cecil B. DeMille's daughter she grew up in his big house on DeMille Road, a real estate development owned by him on a hill overlooking Hollywood. Katherine took the usual scholastic courses that interest girls with money in expensive private schools such as dancing, amateur dramatics, etc.
• • Katherine was the brightest girl in every school she went to, including a Los Angeles business college in which she studied stenography and shorthand so she might have a foundation for other professions in case she was an abject failure in the Hollywood film business.
• • Mae West told Miss DeMille to gain weight • • ...  
• • To be continued tomorrow with part 6, the finale.
• • Source: Time Magazine; published on Monday, 24 September 1934.
• • On Saturday, 21 April 1934 • •  
• • Mae West on the front page of Picture Show Magazine thrilled her British fans.
• • What a beautiful cover of Picture Show Magazine with that celluloid couple, Mae and Cary Grant. This very collectible United Kingdom publication was dated for Saturday, 21 April 1934. Mae was happy to promote her film "I'm No Angel" to the English movie-goers.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Louella Parsons wrote: Mae West got herself a movie job. Yes, indeed! She signed a contract with William Shapiro who brought Bobby Breen to the coast. Shapiro, at one time associated with Sol Lesser, has obtained capital to finance the Mae West movie. Now here's the part that to me should even make the sphinx smile. Shapiro has an option on John Barrymore's services and is trying to get him to play opposite La West.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  “I don't know a lot about politics, but I can recognize a good party man when I see one.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A newspaper in Canberra mentioned Mae West.
• • "Mae West Again at the Capitol" • •
• • Mae West, Broadway star who made such a sensational debut in films in "She Done Him Wrong," last year, will be seen at the Capitol Theatre to-night, Friday and Saturday in her second starring vehicle "I'm No Angel." This remarkable film won the distinction last year in America of being the most popular production of the year, and wherever else it has been screened it has generally proved an outstanding success.  ...
• • Source: The Canberra Times; published on Thursday, 19 April 1934
• • 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 4,717th 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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