MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her first starrer, by Dennis Seuling, is Part 8 of 13 segments.
• • Mae West: Multi-picture deal after a cameo • •
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Bonus materials on this release include an introduction by Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne, 2 audio commentaries, a period cartoon, and several theatrical trailers.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Introduction – Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne tells us that the film saved Paramount Studios from bankruptcy [sic].
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Mae West was older than other leading ladies of the period. She signed a multi-picture deal after a brief appearance in Night After Night.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Her stage production of Diamond Lil was a great success on Broadway and on tour.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: When Paramount purchased it, the Production Code office sent the studio a message that Diamond Lil could not be made into a film.
• • Mae West: Racy dialogue was diluted • • . . .
• • Dennis Seuling's review continues on the next post.
• • Source: The Digital Bits; published on Friday, 28 May 2021.
• • On Sunday, 22 July 1934 • •
• • "Mae West Achieves Fame with Her Books" • •
• • In Perth, Australia, Sunday Times wrote: "Mae West is as great a favorite with a section of the world's reading public as she is with motion picture audiences, it was revealed recently on the arrival in Hollywood of the president of the company acting as her publishers.
• • Sunday Times continued: The president journeyed from his New York headquarters to present her with the first copy of the British edition of her novel, "She Done Him Wrong," and to get her signature on a contract for translation of the same book into French. The demand for Miss West's book made it necessary to start foreign translations, as well as having special editions ordered in England.
• • Sunday Times explained: "She Done Him Wrong," the novel based on Miss West's picture, which skyrocketed her to film fame, already is one of the world's best-sellers, and nearly a million copies have been sold. At present the star is at work on a new book, "How to Misbehave," and is contemplating novelising her original screen story, "I'm No Angel." If she finds time, it is expected that she will write a novel based on her screen drama of the Naughty Nineties, "It Ain't No Sin."
• • 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 • •
• • Mae West pockets are the device adopted by Pauline Trigere to accent Hollywood's favorite curves. Mae West pockets are distended pockets placed just above the bustline for added illusion.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I like restraint if it doesn't go too far."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article from Adelaide, Australia appreciated the talents of Mae West.
• • "Mae West Dominates Rex Film" • •
• • Smart Lines in "I'm No Angel" • •
• • "I'm No Angel," which opened at the Rex on Saturday, is very much of a Mae West film. In fact, none of the other characters leave much impression, except in so far as they provide foils for her 'wise cracks.'
• • "atmosphere of mechanical music and raucous spruikers" • •
• • She appears in the role of a booth dancer and lion tamer in a traveling fair, the atmosphere of mechanical music and raucous spruikers being well reproduced. She appears to be entangled with a pickpocket, when he is not in gaol, and a promise that she will put her head in a lion's mouth — — made to gain a favor from the circus proprietor — — leads to her appearance in New York with the 'jaws of death' item as an attraction.
• • A young affianced society man becomes infatuated with her, but he is soon displaced by a millionaire friend who sets out originally with the object of extricating his friend from the entanglement.
• • A trial scene, in which she sues for breach of promise, is the big act of the film. She does her own cross examination, and her methods and the manner in which she discomfits the 'men in her life' who have been produced by the defence makes good comedy, and gives ample scope for her innuendo. The film ends with her happy and unrepentant. ...
• • Source: Review in The Advertiser (Adelaide); published on Monday, 16 July 1934
• • 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 4,783rd 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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