Mae West: A Press Circus

PBS wrote an article on MAE WEST.
• • “Mae West: Dirty Blonde” is the unoriginal title, copied from a stage play. This is Part 2 of 3 segments.
• • The Time Mae West Spent Eight Days in Jail • •
• • Mae West: Panned by critics in New York • •
• • PBS wrote: Despite being panned by critics, the play was a sensation that drew large audiences.
• • PBS wrote: According to author Jill Watts, when West arrived in court after the backstage raid the judge asked her if she was indeed Mae West. She replied with her customary wit: “Don’t you read the newspapers?”
• • PBS wrote: The courthouse turned into a press circus, with hundreds of people gathered outside the courthouse in hopes of getting an autograph from West. One journalist asked her what she thought was going to happen, and she turned and said, “I expect this will be the making of me.” On April 19, 1927, she was charged with obscenity and behavior designed to corrupt the morals of youth and was sentenced to ten days in a workhouse.
• • Mae West: Time Spent in Jail  Was Worth It • • . . .
• • The third and final excerpt will appear on Friday.
• • Source: PBS; posted on Friday, 12 June  2020.
• • On Sunday, 1 July 1934 • •
• • Supposedly, it was on Sunday, 1 July 1934 that this new censorship of the Production Code began to be seriously and meticulously enforced. Mae West was a target.
• • 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 admits that she is at her best when she is acting a woman at her worst, is at her very best in her newest, and gayest contribution to the screen, "Belle of the Nineties," screening on Saturday and Monday.  
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "There are no good girls gone wrong — — just bad girls found out."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about Blu-Ray releases of 1930s films mentioned Mae West.
• • Rachel Bellwoar wrote: Wesley Ruggles’ I’m No Angel is the most fun of the three films as it offers a chance to see West appear in different settings, like a courtroom and the circus. Once again, her character, Tira, is in love with Grant’s Jack, but he seems much more assured of himself in this role, compared to his performance in She Done Him Wrong.
• • Rachel Bellwoar wrote: There are also some great visual gags, and while West has sung on stage before in films, I’m No Angel gives her a chance to break into song as a way of expressing emotion, like an integrated musical. Film historian, Samm Deighan, provides the commentary track and along with discussing the film’s racial politics, Deighan looks at the genre turns that are taken by West’s screenplay.
• • 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 4,768th 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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