Mae West: Probably Knew

PBS wrote an article on MAE WEST.
• • “Mae West: Dirty Blonde” is the unoriginal title, copied from a stage play. This is Part 1 of 3 segments.
• • The Time Mae West Spent Eight Days in Jail • •
• • PBS wrote: On February 9, 1927, Mae West went backstage of a performance of her play “Sex” and found herself surrounded by officers from the New York Police Department’s Municipal Vice Squad, which rounded up the cast and put them into black police vans.

• • PBS wrote: Mae West was a smart talking, wise cracking, blonde bombshell of 1930’s cinema, famous for some of the sharpest and most suggestive one-liners in the history of the movies. As both a playwright and screenwriter, she wrote many of those lines herself.
• • PBS wrote: Mae West came up in the world of burlesque prior to her arrival in Hollywood. As her career struggled, she took the bold step of writing a play in which she had the starring role of a sex worker.
• • PBS wrote: West probably knew that “Sex” would be controversial at a time when American culture was coming under increasing scrutiny and censorship, even though her play was less about sex and more about the power dynamics between men and women.
• • Mae West: Panned by critics in New York • • ...
• • The second excerpt will appear on Thursday.
• • Source: PBS; posted on Friday, 12 June  2020.
• • On Wednesday, 30 June 1937 • •
• • The Straits Times in Singapore was up to date with Mae West, in their own fashion. On Wednesday, 30 June 1937, this was the headline on page 12: "Mae West Comes East to Singapore."  
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Set for a trial in Los Angeles are two musclemen from “The Mae West Revue.”
• • Bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay filed assault charges against Charles Krauser, who punched him out in Mae West's dressing room. Krauser pleaded self defense.  
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "If a picture of mine didn't get an X rating, I'd be insulted."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about Blu-Ray releases of 1930s films mentioned Mae West.
• • Raymond Benson reviews the Mae West Kino Lorber Blu-Ray Releases
• • Raymond Benson wrote: The witty, controversial, and fabulous actress/comedienne Mae West displays her jewelry to the coat check girl. “Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!” the girl exclaims. Mae West coolly replies in her sultry, New York-accented signature voice, “Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.”
• • Raymond Benson wrote: The line was also the title of Mae West’s memoir, published in 1959, and is one of her many memorable utterances, along with “Come up and see me sometime.” (However, the first time this one is spoken, in She Done Him Wrong, she actually says, “Why don’t you come up sometime and see me?”) . . .
• • Source: Cinema Retro; posted on  Monday, 14 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 4,767th 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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