Mae West: Bawdy Bowery Babe

MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her first starrer, by Dennis Seuling, is Part 1 of 13 segments.
• • Review: She Done Him Wrong (1933) (Blu-ray Disc) • •
• • Studio(s): Paramount Pictures (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Directed by Lowell Sherman and set in the bawdy Bowery of the Gay Nineties, She Done Him Wrong stars Mae West as Lady Lou, a saloon singer who has a talent for juggling the men in her life and accumulating diamonds in the process.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: She’s dating [sic] saloon owner Gus Jordan (Noah Beery, Jr.) and is also on the make for pimp Serge Stanieff (Gilbert Roland) while her boyfriend Chick Clark (Owen Moore) is in jail.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Meanwhile, sly operator Dan Flynn (David Landau) tries to take over the saloon and Lady Lou with it. With all this intrigue brewing, Lou still has time to notice and try to win over Captain Cummings (Cary Grant), a missionary who pops into the saloon occasionally.
• • Mae West: Creating an anticipation for her appearance • • . . .  
• • Dennis Seuling's review continues on the next post.
• • Source: The Digital Bits; published on Friday, 28 May 2021.  
• • On Friday, 13 July 1934 • •
• • The Advocate (in Tasmania) printed an article on Friday, 13 July 1934 about Mae West's newest motion picture. "She Done Him Wrong" is a story of a section of New York during the "gay nineties," with its collection of cabarets, "tough" men and frivolous women.
• • 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 • •
• • Columnist Gary Gilson had this opinion: "Sparingly" is a good thing, even though it challenges the wisdom of that elegant Hollywood philosopher Mae West, who said: "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West told the reporter for Movie Mirror: "Oh, you mean men!  I haven't time for them now. I'm in Hollywood to make a success in pictures — — and you can only do one thing at a time."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on the current cinema mentioned Mae West in 1932.
• • A composite view of more than 100 New York speakeasies is the background for “Night After Night.” screen adaptation of Louis Bromfield’s “Single Night,” which comes to the Lafayette Theatre Friday and Saturday, November 18 and 19.
• • The film features George Raft, sensational young player of “Scarface,” “Dancers in the Dark,” and “Madame Racketeer” fame; Constance Cummings, Wynne Gibson, Mae West, and Alison Skipworth.
• • Source: Ramapo Valley Independent; published on Friday, 18 November 1932
• • 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 4,776th 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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