Mae West: Nearly Naked

MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her Blu-ray line-up is by Stephen Schaefer. This is Part 12 of 12 segments.
• • Mighty, Mighty Mae • •
• • Celebrate Mae West! • •  
• • Mae West: Banished from the screen • •
• • Stephen Schaefer wrote: Still there were gripes, unbelievably over an innocuous Mae West line, ‘When I’m caught between 2 evils, I generally like to take the one I never tried.’
• • Mae West: Surrounded by nearly naked bodybuilders • •

• • Stephen Schaefer wrote: Virtually banned from the screen, West continued to be Mae West – playing Las Vegas surrounded by nearly naked bodybuilders, reviving ‘Diamond Lil’ in summer stock or the West End, dueting ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ with Rock Hudson on the live television Oscar broadcast and starring (of course!) in movies like ‘Myra Breckinridge.’  
• • Stephen Schaefer wrote: This woman who broke age barriers by beginning her Hollywood career when she was nearly 40, died at 87 in 1980.
• • Stephen's article has now ended with this post, number 12. Let us know if you agree with this critic or disagree.
• • Source: Boston Herald; published on Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• • On Wednesday, 23 August 1922 • •
• • On Wednesday, 23 August 1922, the New York Clipper noted: "Mae West, who was with 'The Ginger Box,' which opened and closed rather suddenly, has returned to vaudeville, and opened at Proctor's Fifth Avenue on Monday."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West is all for moral rearmament and is ready to join the Oxford Group. It would be a good thing for W.C. Fields, she told Dr. Frank Buchman, leader of the Moral Rearmament Movement, today. Miss West and Dr. Buchman had quite a tete-a-tete in her Hollywood apartment. "It's a wonderful work," she said of the movement.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "There's a rumor going around that I broke my ankle stumbling over a pile of men."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A book review mentioned Mae West.
• • "Lunching at the Stage Deli" (NYC) • •
• • Meryle Secrest wrote: The 1950s were a great period for Al Hirschfeld, a decade of one thrilling production after another, a postwar release of vitality that brought with it the pulsing beat of “The Pajama Game” and the sad-eyed mastery of Bert Lahr in “Waiting for Godot.”  Many talents — — Mae West, Fred Allen, Mike Todd, and Milton Berle among them — — caught Hirschfeld’s eye as they lunched at the Stage Deli.  . . .
• • Source: Washington Post; published on Wednesday, 5 August 2015
• • 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 4,805th 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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