MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her Blu-ray line-up is by Stephen Schaefer. This is Part 10 of 12 segments.
• • Mighty, Mighty Mae • •
• • Celebrate Mae West! • •
• • Mae West: She was the woman in charge • •
• • Stephen Schaefer wrote: That, not nudity, profanity or sleazy sex, was enough for her enemies to want to see her crushed.
• • Stephen Schaefer wrote: The 1937 ‘Every Day’s a Holiday’ has Mae West as con artist Peaches O'Day who is ordered by her cop boyfriend to get out of town for her own good.
• • Stephen Schaefer wrote: But Peaches O'Day returns under the guise of a brunette, Frenchwoman Mademoiselle Fifi! Somehow West finds Louie Armstrong on trumpet to sing her anti-crime song ‘Laugh, Sing and Vote!’
• • Mae West: She and Paramount parted ways • • ...
• • To be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Boston Herald; published on Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• • On Sunday, 19 August 1934 • •
• • Motion Picture Daily published this picture preview on Sunday, 19 August 1934.
• • Hollywood, 19 August 1934 — With shock-proof punches but with haymakers nevertheless, Mae West uncorks a flashy, melodramatic entertainment of the Nineties, trippingly gay and gaudy for the most part but lingering in spots.
• • As with all the Mae West films, her showmanship personality dominates the scene.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • This sense of control — — the professional discipline behind her nonchalant stage facade — — was what made Mae West an overnight success in Hollywood at age 39.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “Never make the same mistake twice — — unless it pays.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on the newest DVDs mentioned Mae West.
• • "New on DVD: ‘Universal Rarities: Films of the 1930s’" • •
• • Dave Kehr explained: Mae West was Paramount’s biggest star in the early 1930s, and the objections of church and civic groups to her exuberantly risqué humor was a major reason the Production Code was fortified in 1934.
• • Dave Kehr wrote: Her screenplay for “Belle of the Nineties” suffered major interference at the hands of the industry censors, though even with her character forcibly watered-down (she’s a blues-belting nightclub entertainer who heads for New Orleans when St. Louis gets too hot for her), her delivery turns even the most innocuous line into an invitation to unspeakable delights.
• • Dave Kehr added: It’s Mae West’s film all the way, although the director, Leo McCarey (“The Awful Truth”), allows his fine hand to show in a few scenes that allow Mae West to drop her mask and utter some world-weary asides, humanizing her in a way that her other films do not. ...
• • Source: The N.Y. Times; published on Friday, 17 August 2012
• • 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 4,800 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,803nd 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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Mae West's lacy see through gown suggests a peekaboo glimpse of a kneecap, but there must be a good three feet of gown that continued to flow from that point. No doubt moving forward in such a fantasy of Hollywood high couture must have proved a considerable challenge!
ReplyDelete• • Yes, Mae West's height was estimated as four-feet-six. The rest of that leg length (hidden under a long gown) was an illusion.
ReplyDelete• • Mark, look at Warren William's foot in that photo. Surely he was not posed stepping on Mae's train nor trying to soil her white fur coat.
• • What's up with Warren's intrusive shoe?