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 4 of 6 parts.
• • Belle of the Nineties (Paramount) • •
• • Mae West: Sole authorship of the two-line vaudeville gags • •
• • No one seeing the picture will question for a moment Miss West's claim to sole authorship of the two-line vaudeville gags which serve for dialog.
• • Typical wisecracks: "A man in the house is worth two on the street." "That guy's no good. His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." "What is your favorite sport? Don't embarrass me. boys."
• • Typical wisecracks: (In front of a picture): "It's an old master, you know. . . . . It looks like an old mistress to me. . . ." "Are you here for good? Well, I'm here, but not for good."
• • Katherine DeMille was in a Los Angeles orphanage • •
• • Cecil DeMille took Katherine DeMille, who plays Molly Brant in the West picture, out of a Los Angeles orphanage when she was 9.
• • Mae West: DeMille's role • • ...
• • To be continued.
• • Source: Time Magazine; published on Monday, 24 September 1934.
• • On Wednesday morning, 20 April 1927 • •
• • Headlines announced: "Mae West Starts on Jail Term" and the sub-head was "Found Prison Inmates 'Very Interesting' on First Night."
• • The Scranton Times wrote: Mae West, star and coauthor of "Sex," with two negresses and three white women as fellow passengers, left Jefferson Market women's prison today in a prison van for the workhouse on Welfare Island, where she will serve nine days of the ten-day sentence imposed yesterday for giving an obscene play.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • 'Tis said here and there that "Diamond Lil" herself may come to the screen if Mae West and Columbia come to terms.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Public toilets were so filthy I couldn't face them."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A New Zealand broadcast mentioned Mae West.
• • The Myra Breckinridge Affair – 20 April 2013 • •
• • Last week on "The Affair," Hikaru Freeman dared Johnny Lemon to watch the infamous "Myra Breckinridge," one of the first mainstream American films to deal with LGBTIQ lives. As you can note from the trailer, it had quite the cast . . . . Let’s just say that Hikaru and Johnny agreed on it much like David and Margaret. . . .
• • Source: Item in Joy 94.9 radio New Zealand; published on Saturday, 20 April 2013
• • 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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