Mae West: Always “On”

MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her first starrer, by Dennis Seuling, is Part 11 of 13 segments.
• • Audio Commentary #2 • •
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: In the second commentary, film historian Kat Ellinger notes that Mae West was an established writer and stage performer. Old traditions were broken down in the pre-code period, and West’s brand of risque humor challenged long-held taboos.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Throughout her career, Mae West guarded and embellished her own myth. She often obscured or exaggerated the truth about herself.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: She came to Paramount “fully formed.” Even though she had been accused of writing pornography, Paramount took a chance on her.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Mae was always “on.” Ten minutes elapse before Mae West makes her entrance, as the dialogue of other characters creates anticipation.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: The film was a boost to Cary Grant’s career, which hit its stride when he started appearing in screwball comedies.   
• • Audio Commentary #2 (continued) • • . . .
• • Dennis Seuling's review continues on the next post.
• • Source: The Digital Bits; published on Friday, 28 May 2021.  
• • On Tuesday, 27 July 1954 in Vegas • •
• • On Tuesday, 27 July 1954 Mae West opened at the Congo Room. This exotic night spot, inside the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, offered patrons a full supper as they watched a live performance. If you were in the audience when "The Mae West Revue" was onstage in 1954, you might have selected Broiled Fresh Colorado Brook Trout, Maitre d'Hotel, for $5.25.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 17 years now?
• • We’re here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Curves are coming back. Mae West says so, and after her smash hit in “She Done Him Wrong,” everyone is listening to Mae West. “Curves where the good Lord meant them to be, a slender waistline and shapely limbs make the ideal figure,”said Hollywood's newest star Mae West.  
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "As a rule I have most actors around me work faster than I do; they keep the pace while I take my liberties in my timing."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on Mamie Van Doren mentioned Mae West.
• • Film Talk: Is there anyone you would call your mentor?
• • Mamie: Mae West was, in many ways. She was the one who went to jail for having the word ‘sex’ in a show she did in New York, she was the one who fought an entire system, and when she came to Hollywood, Mae opened the door for a lot of people. ...
• • Source:  Film Talk; published on Friday, 28 July  2017
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen 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 4,786th 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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