Mae West: Now Revered

MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her Blu-ray line-up is by Stephen Schaefer. This is Part 11 of 12 segments.
• • Mighty, Mighty Mae • •
• • Celebrate Mae West! • •  
• • Mae West: She and Paramount parted ways • •
• • Stephen Schaefer wrote: It wasn’t enough to save Mae West from the dreaded listing of being Box-Office Poison (the list famously included Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Fred Astaire and Katherine Hepburn – all of whom would make spectacular comebacks) and her Paramount contract ended.

• • Stephen Schaefer wrote: In fact it was Marlene Dietrich’s comeback in ‘Destry Rides Again’ that prompted Universal Pictures to entice West to co-star with W.C. Fields in the 1940 ‘My Little Chickadee.’ 
• • Stephen Schaefer wrote: Despite the fact that Fields had a serious drinking problem, that the 2 hated each other and argued continuously about the script, ‘Chickadee’ was the biggest hit of Fields’ career and is now revered as a modern classic.  
• • Mae West: Banished from the screen • • ...  
• • To be concluded on the next post, Part 12.
• • Source: Boston Herald; published on Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• • On Thursday, 20 August 1970 • •
• • Hollywood types received an invitation to "Sights and Sounds of Mae West" and the event was scheduled for Thursday, 20 August 1970.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • You could hardly call Mae West's desire to buy a ranch an extravagance or an indication of a desire to live high. The ranch is to be for her family members to live in.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I can't see myself horsing around with hockey players in a business way. It would make me feel unappealing. Any time I show my authority over the male sex, it's got to be 100 percent emotional."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Queens Ledger mentioned Mae West.
• • "Mae West's Secret Italian Husband" • •
• • Tiziano Dossena wrote: There are not many times when you have the occasion to be exposed to such interesting and well researched presentations as "Mae West's Secret Italian Husband" (Thursday, 16 August 2012, 6:30 pm, at the Italian American Museum). LindaAnn LoSchiavo, the speaker and the genius behind it all, is a well-known dramatist, journalist, and long-time columnist for L'IDEA Magazine, a Brooklyn based quarterly. With her stage play "Courting Mae West" just recently seen in Australia, a challenging and refreshing essay in "Anti-Italianism: Essays on a Prejudice" (NY: Macmillan, 2011), and her new book . . . .
• • Source: The Queens Ledger; published on Thursday, 26 July 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 4,804th 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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