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.
• • “Belle of the Nineties” • •
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Synopsis: Ruby Carter (the flawless Mae West, She Done Him Wrong), the night club sensation of St. Louis, relocates to New Orleans and becomes the prize attraction of “The Sensation Club.”
• • Dillon Gonzales wrote: Co-written by Mae West, directed by the great Leo McCarey (Duck Soup, The Awful Truth, Going My Way) and featuring Duke Ellington and His Orchestra who provide musical accompaniment for several of West’s songs.
• • 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 Wednesday, 21 June 1933 • •
• • It was on Wednesday, 21 June 1933 when Russell Holmon of Paramount Pictures tried to explain to the Hays Office that the title of a song "No One Does It Like that Dallas Man" was essentially innocent and the lyrics were harmless. Hays wanted changes though and got them.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The popular Mae West Paramount Pictures production, "She Done Him Wrong" features Miss West as the Bowery Darling who was faithful just as long as her diamonds held out.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm not very grammatical, because I'm only a third-grade graduate. And I didn't exactly graduate. I sort of retired from it."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Too Much of a Good Thing: 9 Mae West Films on KL Studio Classics Blu-ray. • •
• • 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: In Go West Young Man, Mae West plays a movie star hiding out in the country, feeling up Randolph Scott’s sexy gas station attendant in several lengthy scenes. She seems most like a gay man in this film, brazenly checking out Scott’s ass when he isn’t looking, even beating out a rhythm on it as they dance.
• • Dan Callahan wrote: And the film is the rare West production that offers interesting roles to other women: Elizabeth Patterson’s quietly salty Aunt Kate is sensitively limned by West, and Isabel Jewell is likable as a star-struck young maid. ...
• • 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 4,760th 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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