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 2 of 6 parts.
• • Belle of the Nineties (Paramount) • •
• • Mae West: New Orleans spluttered vehement objection • •
• • When Belle of New Orleans was proposed, the New Orleans civic organizations spluttered vehement objection. It was subsequently called St. Louis Woman, My Old Flame and several other things before Paramount chose Belle of the Nineties.
• • Ruby Carter's arrival on the pier • •
• • While in this motion picture Mae West is billed merely as star and sole author, it is generally understood that she did the casting, passed on the costumes, and is responsible for everything except the sound patents.
• • Mae West: Ruby Carter, the idol of Saint Louis • • ...
• • To be continued.
• • Source: Time Magazine; published on Monday, 24 September 1934.
• • On Monday, 16 April 1928 • •
• • This is from Carl Van Vechten's journal entry for Monday, 16 April 1928. Van Vechten wrote: I read proofs all the morning. Lunch in ... Then to see Mae West in "Diamond Lil," which I adored. Miss West is marvelous. Saw Edna Ferber between acts. [Source: "The Splendid Drunken Twenties: Selections from the Daybooks, 1922 — 1930" by Carl Van Vechten.]
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West told a foreign journalist: "I'm for clean pictures and clean everything."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "You can see for yourself that a girl's just at old as she feels."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A syndicated column about Hollywood discussed Mae West.
• • Mae West Suspends Posing As a Lolling Nymph Long Enough to Exhibit Herself As Gymnast • •
• • She Scorns All Hobbies, Has Quit Going to Prize Fights, Devotes Hours Writing Plays, Dictating Mae Scripts • •
• • Paul Harrison explained: It may come as a shock to some of the parishioners to hear that Mae West takes exercises. It was to me, anyway. Here, I always had thought Mae was a true Sybarite, a voluptuary lolling in a Louis XIV den of misters, ermine, and busy ivory telephones. Or Aphrodite reclining in a foam bath and reading Variety.
• • Paul Harrison continued: In most ways Mae has been remarkably inactive. Never drives her own cars, doesn't dance, swim or ride horseback. Has no interest in gardening, cooking, or knitting. She loathes all games from tennis to chess. She doesn't attend parties and is no longer a regular spectator at boxing matches because, she said, she can't endure the smell of cigars. ...
• • Source: Harrison in Hollywood column; published on Wednesday, 20 March 1940
• • 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 • •
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• • By the Numbers • •
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