Mae West: The Build-Up

MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her first starrer, by Dennis Seuling, is Part 2 of 13 segments.
• • Mae West: Creating an anticipation for her appearance • •
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Director Lowell Sherman begins the film with a humorous nostalgic montage establishing the time period and then builds up to West’s entrance by introducing the other characters who speak about her, creating anticipation of her appearance.
• • Note: Mae's stage play, “Diamond Lil,” begins in the Chicago prison cell of the jilted jewel thief Chick Clark. His poignant monologue sets the tone for the heartless protagonist Diamond Lil, a woman of low morals, a woman who values diamonds over loyalty. By keeping her offstage for several scenes, first in the bleak Chicago cell and then in Jordan's Bowery saloon, the theatre-goers were even more eager to see the woman they've heard so much about.
• • Note: Watch these scenes on YouTube with Darlene Violette portraying Diamond Lil.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: And Mae West's entry doesn’t disappoint. It’s perfectly suited to West’s larger-than-life screen persona.
• • Mae West: Role reversal scenes with Cary Grant • • . . . 
• • Dennis Seuling's review continues on the next post.
• • Source: The Digital Bits; published on Friday, 28 May 2021.  
• • On Wednesday, 14 July 1920 • •
• • Sadly, on 14 July 1920, Mae West filed for a divorce from Guido Deiro [1886 — 1950], charging him with abandonment. She had moved back with her parents, who were living in Queens.
• • On Wednesday, 14 July 1999 • •
• • Paul Novak, Mae West's companion of 26 years (the acknowledged love of her life) died on Wednesday morning, 14 July 1999. He had married late in life and left a widow.
• • 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 • •
• • "Film News of the Week" announced: It seems impossible to avoid the topic of the new star teams. The latest to be announced is the partnership of Mae West and Clark Gable, who are proposed for the latest roles in "New Orleans," an original story by the man who wrote "San Francisco."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "It takes two to get one in trouble."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An item in Movies, a fan zine, mentioned Mae West.
• • Movies wrote: Mae West is setting new styles in the cinema colony, one of which is to have her fingernails, right to the tip, polished in silver.
• • Movies wrote: splendid article on Mae West appears in Psychology Magazine for May. It's very good! . . .
• • Source: Movies; published in the issue dated for June 1933
• • 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 4,777th 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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