MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her first starrer, by Dennis Seuling, is Part 3 of 13 segments.
• • Mae West: Role reversal scenes with Cary Grant • •
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: She is driven in an open horse-drawn carriage, flaunting a fancy period gown, a gigantic hat, a parasol, and glittering diamonds dripping from her hands, wrists, and neck.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: The scenes between Grant and West are especially effective, with typical male-female roles reversed. He’s the innocent, she’s the predator attracted by his youthful good looks. Lady Lou is convinced she can add the missionary to her long list of conquests.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: The plot is thin and serves primarily to showcase West and give her plenty of opportunities to drop her signature one-liners, which are highlights. She sings three songs — I Wonder Where My Easy Rider’s Gone, A Guy What Takes His Time, and Frankie and Johnny — sashaying onto the saloon stage between nonchalantly figuring out how to deal with problems that would overwhelm less powerful women.
• • Mae West: Created characters who were in charge • • . . .
• • Dennis Seuling's review continues on the next post.
• • Source: The Digital Bits; published on Friday, 28 May 2021.
• • On Thursday, 15 July 1937 • •
• • "Husband Frank Awed to Silence by Mae's Words" • •
• • On Thursday, 15 July 1937, the Daily Illini reprinted this item: Frank Wallace, the original Mae West fan, came to town tonight, seemingly awed to super-silence by the pie curve queen's acknowledgement that he was her husband, and vague about what he was going to do about it . . . .
• • "Mae West," sighed Frank Wallace. "There's only been one love in my life — — that's her."
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • 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 • •
• • As Mae West might say, “He who hesitates is a damned fool.ˮ
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm not married. I'm still a bachelor girl — and that's all there is to it."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on Criswell Predicts mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West ― "Criswell Predicts" (2:49) • •
• • Spenser Thompson wrote: "Bob Thompson went on a tour with Mae West as her bandleader. Bob was not a fan of her music or persona, but was in need of a job. Mae believed in the spiritual world, and would not shake hands with people because she was afraid of 'spirit transmission.' (As my mother put it, "She shook everything else!"). She was the Madonna of her time. In fact, my mother was on the tour, too, and could not come within 100 feet of Mae because the latter wanted to be the center of attention."
• • Spenser Thompson wrote: "If you have seen the film Ed Wood, you may remember the character Criswell, a TV psychic operating out of KTLA in LA in the late 40s-50s. This was the same man Mae saw for her spiritual needs. She wrote lyrics on a napkin and Bob wrote the music, holding his nose." ...
• • Note: Robert “Bob” Thompson [24 August 1924 ― 21 May 2013]
• • Note: Jeron Criswell Konig [7 August 1907 ― 4 October 1982] was known by his stage-name The Amazing Criswell
• • Source: WFMU's Beware of the Blog; posted on Thursday, 2 August 2007
• • 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 4,778th 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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