MAE WEST returns in Blu-Ray Releases, thanks to Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Kino Lorber Studio Classics has unveiled the details of their June 2021 Blu-Ray releases including works from such icons as Mae West, Benny Hill, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Jennifer Connelly, Robert Altman, Alastair Sim, Cary Grant and more.
• • “I'm No Angel” starring Mae West on 29 June 2021 • •
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Synopsis: Screen legends Mae West (Belle of the Nineties) and Cary Grant (She Done Him Wrong) star in the sizzling Pre-Code comedy I’m No Angel, about a carnival performer with greater aspirations … attracting wealthy men!
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: In addition to circus acts, Tira (Mae West) performs some questionable business maneuvers and has to take a job as a lion tamer to escape jail.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: After Tira’s first lion taming show catapults her to stardom, she attracts the attention of the wealthy Kirk Lawrence (Kent Taylor, The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues) who happens to be engaged.
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: His business partner, Jack Clayton (Grant), blows his friend’s cover and begins a romance with Tira. This time, Tira is in love for real and is devastated when a misunderstanding causes Jack to break off the affair. Serving as her own counsel, Tira sues Jack for breach of contract and takes him through a cross-examination he’ll never forget!
• • Written by Mae West and directed by Wesley Ruggles (No Man of Her Own).
• • Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan | 6 Mae West Trailers
• • Source: Geek Vibes Nation; posted on Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• • On Monday, 18 June 1934 • •
• • Mae West Adds Her Bid • •
• • On Monday, 18 June 1934, the bids were opened in Spokane for the first phase of construction of Grand Coulee Dam, the centerpiece in a massive project to irrigate the desert in Central Washington with water from the Columbia River.
• • The bid opening was the culmination of a 16-year campaign to replicate in concrete an ice dam that had blocked the Columbia River during prehistoric times. ...
• • Bids for the first stage of construction were opened in the auditorium of the Spokane Civic Building in front of a crowd of nearly 1,000. Hundreds of job seekers had crowded into the city in anticipation.
• • One of the bidders was the actress Mae West, who told the engineers that if they encountered any difficulties, they should “come up and see me sometime.” Only two groups met the bid specifications. ...
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West packs them into the theatres here (USA), but she doesn't "go so strong" in foreign countries except in Egypt and Puerto Rico where the crowd sidewalks to buy tickets. Her popularity, however, was reported on the increase in other countries.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "A man's kiss is his signature."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on the new Blu-ray releases mentioned Mae West and the script.
• • Mae West’s fervent belief in the healing powers of sex was only equaled by her epic and rather unlikely confidence in herself. • •
• • Dan Callahan wrote: Tira finds fame doing a lion act, and as she gets richer, she employs a trio of black maids (played by Hattie McDaniel, Gertrude Howard, and Libby Taylor).
• • Dan Callahan wrote: The women are at once servants as well as her confidantes, blissfully dancing with Mae West as she starts to shout jazzy nonsense and shuffle across a room. ...
• • Source: Slant; posted on Tuesday, 8 June 2021
• • 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 4,759th 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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