Mae West: Come Hither Eyes

MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her Blu-ray line-up is by Stephen Schaefer. This is Part 2 of 12 segments.
• • Mighty, Mighty Mae • •
• • Celebrate Mae West! • •  
• • Mae West: Sex joked about and taken irreverently • •
• • Stephen Schaefer  wrote: As certain as she was of applause and appreciation for her wit, her compassion, her nerve, there was the backlash of Christian conservatives horrified by the very idea of the topic of sex being taken irreverently, being spoken and joked about.  
• • Stephen Schaefer  wrote: Never mind the curvy creature with come hither eyes who was delivering them.

• • Stephen Schaefer  wrote: Mae West, 34, is shown as she says goodbye to prison warden Harry Schleth, after leaving Welfare Island, New York City, April 29, 1927, after serving a 10-day [sic] sentence for writing, directing and performing in the play “Sex.”
• • Note: Mae's sentence was shortened for good behavior.
• • Stephen Schaefer  wrote: Her pen name as a New York City playwright was Jane Mast.
• • Mae West: Censorship destroyed her thriving career • •  ...   
• • To be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Boston Herald; published on Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• • On Tuesday, 6 August 1912 • •
• • In 1912 a teenage Mae West was invited to perform again at Hammerstein's Victoria. The singing comedienne was booked for a week-long engagement that began on Tuesday, 6 August 1912.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West's next Paramount picture probably will have the background of Alaska during the gold rush days, and will carry the tentative title of "Klondike." Miss West will write it.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • About Jayne Mansfield, Mae West said: "When it comes to men, I heard she never turns anything down except the bedcovers."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on the Bankson family mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West's Wedding at the Parkview Hotel, April 1911 • •

• • John Phillips stated: Vaudeville musician James “Welly” Phillips claimed to have played the wedding march on his banjo at Mae West’s wedding (to Frank Wallace) when she was 17. That would have been about 1911.
• • John Phillips continued: Miss West denied the marriage, but Welly probably told the story more times than she denied it: “It was in the pool room at the Parkview Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at 2 o’clock in the morning. There haven’t been many ceremonies to match that one.” ...
• • Source: Article: "Mary Bankson, actress" written by John Phillips of Kathleen, Georgia; posted in 2007
• • 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 4,794th 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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