Mae West: Bothered Her

PBS wrote an article on MAE WEST.
• • “Mae West: Dirty Blonde” is the unoriginal title, copied from a stage play. This is Part 3 of 3 segments.
• • The Time Mae West Spent Eight Days in Jail • •
• • Mae West: My Time Spent in Jail Was Worth It • •
• • PBS wrote: Mae served her sentence on Welfare Island (now Roosevelt Island in New York City) where she allegedly dined with the warden. West was released two days early for good behavior. According to her, the time spent in jail was worth every ounce of the publicity, and the media attention boosted her career significantly. She later said that the only thing that bothered her about it was that she had to wear cotton underwear.
• • PBS wrote: “Mae West knows that when she steps onto the stage she is stepping onto the stage not just as a character but as Mae West, the celebrated pornographer [sic] who spent eight days in jail for an obscene play,” said cultural historian Marybeth Hamilton, interviewed in the film “Mae West: Dirty Blonde.” “She was a very, very canny reader of her audiences and a very canny reader of her own publicity.”
• • This was the third and final excerpt. Let us know if you learned anything new.
• • Source: PBS; posted on Friday, 12 June  2020.
• • On Tuesday, 2 July 1935 • •
• • It was a long, hot summer wrestling with the Hays Office over the script for "Klondike Annie." Mae West and Paramount got more bad news from the censors on Tuesday, 2 July 1935.
• • The Hays Office wrote: "We judge from your letter that during part of this picture, Miss West will be masquerading as an exponent of religion or a religious worker. ..."
• • 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 • •
• • Mae West, who added a dash of hip-swinging when she revived the Lillian Russell era, is coming back to the screen after a two-year respite.
• • Associated Press wrote:  And if you should go up to see her sometime, you'd learn our "Diamond Lil" is going tropical.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "You can never say that I refused to meet somebody half way."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about Blu-Ray releases of 1930s films mentioned Mae West.
• • Rachel Bellwoar wrote: In Lowell Sherman’s She Done Him Wrong, Mae West gets to play the lead this time in a film based on one of her plays, Diamond Lil. Basically, the film follows Lady Lou’s love life and the many close calls she has as a result.
• • Rachel Bellwoar wrote: Cary Grant plays one of the men who catches her eye, and West was a big proponent for his casting.
• • Night After Night, I’m No Angel, and She Done Him Wrong are available on Blu-Ray starting June 29th from Kino Lorber. ...
• • Source: Comicon; posted on Thursday, 24 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 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 4,769th 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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