Mae West: “Mmm” with Subtext

MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her first starrer, by Dennis Seuling, is Part 7 of 13 segments.
• • Mae West: Wit with a sexual connotation • •
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: The soundtrack is English 2.0 Mono DTS-High Definition Master Audio. Optional English SDH subtitles are available.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Dialogue is clear and distinct throughout, vital since the film is dialogue-driven. West’s quips, double entendres, and wisecracks mostly have a sexual connotation.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Her manner of speaking gets a laugh even when the words themselves are not especially amusing.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Even a simple “Mmm” after a conversation with Grant’s character has a subtext and her songs are also delivered in a suggestive manner. Ambient sounds of general saloon chatter are well balanced with dialogue.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: A singing waiter (Fred Santley) has a nice piece of screen time, performing Darling, I Am Growing Old, backed by a male chorus, in the elocutionary style of the time, complete with rolled r’s.
• • Mae West: Multi-picture deal after a cameo • • . . .
• • Dennis Seuling's review continues on the next post.
• • Source: The Digital Bits; published on Friday, 28 May 2021.  
• • On Friday, 21 July 1933 in Los Angeles • •
• • On Friday, 21 July 1933 a wire service photo from Wide World with an attached paper caption explained that "Mae West Blonde Stage and Screen Star Made a Sensation at the Huge Public Barbecue Given by Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz." Mae is wearing a sweet small hat in the photo, seemingly inspired by the perky paper caps worn in the 1930s by soda jerks.
• • Eugene W. Biscailuz [12 March 1883 — 16 May 1969] was the 27th Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California and organized the California Highway Patrol.
• • 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 • •
• • In Santa Monica, California, the road under the bluffs has always been one of the most desirable streets in town.
• • Hollywood legend Harold Lloyd was at 443 Beach Road, Mae West at 514, Darryl Zanuck at 546, Samuel Goldwyn at 602, Harry Warner at 605/607, Louis B. Mayer and Peter Lawford at 625, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford at 705 and Norma Shearer at 707.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Bodyguards look after me."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A NYC student paper mentioned Mae West.
• • The opportunity to compare older methods with those of today, and to evaluate technical improvements is welcome to observer and critic alike. "Casablanca," Mickey Mouse, Mae West, and documentary films are all represented.
• • Source: Columbia Spectator; published on Friday, 14 July 1944
• • 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 4,782nd 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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